Improper Certificate Validation Affecting openssl package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-OPENSSL-7855149
  • published4 Oct 2024
  • disclosed26 Aug 2024

Introduced: 26 Aug 2024

CVE-2024-41996  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-295  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 openssl.

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:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Validating the order of the public keys in the Diffie-Hellman Key Agreement Protocol, when an approved safe prime is used, allows remote attackers (from the client side) to trigger unnecessarily expensive server-side DHE modular-exponentiation calculations. The client may cause asymmetric resource consumption. The basic attack scenario is that the client must claim that it can only communicate with DHE, and the server must be configured to allow DHE and validate the order of the public key.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1