Improper Certificate Validation Affecting openssl-libs package, versions <1:3.0.7-16.el9_2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on AlmaLinux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.51% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALMALINUX9-OPENSSLLIBS-5738416
  • published 26 Jun 2023
  • disclosed 21 Jun 2023

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 openssl-libs to version 1:3.0.7-16.el9_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2023:3722.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openssl-libs package and not the openssl-libs package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

A security vulnerability has been identified in all supported versions

of OpenSSL related to the verification of X.509 certificate chains that include policy constraints. Attackers may be able to exploit this vulnerability by creating a malicious certificate chain that triggers exponential use of computational resources, leading to a denial-of-service (DoS) attack on affected systems.

Policy processing is disabled by default but can be enabled by passing the -policy&#39; argument to the command line utilities or by calling the X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_policies()' function.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

7.5 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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SUSE

5.3 medium
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Red Hat

5.9 medium