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Arbitrary File Read Affecting openssl package, versions >=0.9.7 <0.10.48

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    Confidentiality High

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RUST-OPENSSL-3373057
  • published 26 Mar 2023
  • disclosed 24 Mar 2023
  • credit David Benjamin (Google)
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Introduced: 24 Mar 2023

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How to fix?

Upgrade openssl to version 0.10.48 or higher.

Overview

openssl is a bindings for the Rust programming language.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read via the SubjectAlternativeName and ExtendedKeyUsage::other arguments, that are parsed using the OpenSSL function X509V3_EXT_nconf. This function parses all input using an OpenSSL mini-language which can perform arbitrary file reads.