Out-of-Bounds Affecting openssl-libs package, versions <1:1.0.2k-16.amzn2.0.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.88% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-OPENSSLLIBS-1666285
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed28 Aug 2017

Introduced: 28 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-3735  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 openssl-libs to version 1:1.0.2k-16.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2018-1102.

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 Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

While parsing an IPAddressFamily extension in an X.509 certificate, it is possible to do a one-byte overread. This would result in an incorrect text display of the certificate. This bug has been present since 2006 and is present in all versions of OpenSSL before 1.0.2m and 1.1.0g.

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