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CVE-2021-3909

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.4 Published: 2021-11-11 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

OctoRPKI does not limit the length of a connection, allowing for a slowloris DOS attack to take place which makes OctoRPKI wait forever. Specifically, the repository that OctoRPKI sends HTTP requests to will keep the connection open for a day before a response is returned, but does keep drip feeding new bytes to keep the connection alive.

Affected Platforms

Debian Debian LinuxCloudflare Octorpki

Weakness Type

CWE-400, CWE-400

References