Improper Certificate Validation Affecting libressl package, versions <2.5.3-r1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.24% (63rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE320-LIBRESSL-7012676
  • published23 May 2024
  • disclosed27 Apr 2017

Introduced: 27 Apr 2017

CVE-2017-8301  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-295  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.20 libressl to version 2.5.3-r1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libressl package and not the libressl package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.20 relevant fixed versions and status.

LibreSSL 2.5.1 to 2.5.3 lacks TLS certificate verification if SSL_get_verify_result is relied upon for a later check of a verification result, in a use case where a user-provided verification callback returns 1, as demonstrated by acceptance of invalid certificates by nginx.