NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting openssl-devel package, versions <1:3.0.5-1.amzn2023.0.6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-OPENSSLDEVEL-3350151
  • published7 Mar 2023
  • disclosed8 Feb 2023

Introduced: 8 Feb 2023

CVE-2023-0217  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 openssl-devel to version 1:3.0.5-1.amzn2023.0.6 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2023-101.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openssl-devel package and not the openssl-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

An invalid pointer dereference on read can be triggered when an application tries to check a malformed DSA public key by the EVP_PKEY_public_check() function. This will most likely lead to an application crash. This function can be called on public keys supplied from untrusted sources which could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service attack.

The TLS implementation in OpenSSL does not call this function but applications might call the function if there are additional security requirements imposed by standards such as FIPS 140-3.

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