Out-of-bounds Read Affecting openssl package, versions <1:1.0.2k-16.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    2.78% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-OPENSSL-4864428
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 28 Aug 2017

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 openssl to version 1:1.0.2k-16.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:3221.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openssl package and not the openssl package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 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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