CVE Database
/

CVE-2021-3618

Back to search

CVE-2021-3618

Published: Mar 23, 2022

Modified: Aug 3, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

ALPACA is an application layer protocol content confusion attack, exploiting TLS servers implementing different protocols but using compatible certificates, such as multi-domain or wildcard certificates. A MiTM attacker having access to victim's traffic at the TCP/IP layer can redirect traffic from one subdomain to another, resulting in a valid TLS session. This breaks the authentication of TLS and cross-protocol attacks may be possible where the behavior of one protocol service may compromise the other at the application layer.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

ALPACA

affected
vsftpd 3.0.4, nginx 1.21.0, sendmail 8.17

Weaknesses (CWE)

Security Training

Train your team to recognize and prevent security threats with our comprehensive security awareness program.

Start Training

Vulnerability Scanning

Discover vulnerabilities in your applications and infrastructure before attackers do.

Scan Now