| Name | CVE-2021-38161 |
| Description | Improper Authentication vulnerability in TLS origin verification of Apache Traffic Server allows for man in the middle attacks. This issue affects Apache Traffic Server 8.0.0 to 8.0.8. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-5153-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| trafficserver (PTS) | buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 8.1.7-0+deb10u4 | fixed |
| bullseye | 8.1.10+ds-1~deb11u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 8.1.11+ds-0+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 9.2.5+ds-0+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid | 9.2.5+ds-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/11/02/11
Mark first 9.x version as the fixed version as workaround, the issue does
not affect the 9.x series.
https://github.com/apache/trafficserver/commit/feefc5e4abc5011dfad5dcfef3f22998faf6e2d4 (8.1.x)
but reverted pot 8.1.3 in https://github.com/apache/trafficserver/commit/bbbf80d75105313b51153c7fde0bf0edc8cf7783