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HistoryDec 14, 2021 - 12:00 p.m.

Invalid handling of `X509_verify_cert()` internal errors in libssl

2021-12-1412:00:00
rustsec.org
12

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

5 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

46.0%

Internally libssl in OpenSSL calls X509_verify_cert() on the client side to
verify a certificate supplied by a server. That function may return a negative
return value to indicate an internal error (for example out of memory). Such a
negative return value is mishandled by OpenSSL and will cause an IO function
(such as SSL_connect() or SSL_do_handshake()) to not indicate success and a
subsequent call to SSL_get_error() to return the value
SSL_ERROR_WANT_RETRY_VERIFY. This return value is only supposed to be returned
by OpenSSL if the application has previously called
SSL_CTX_set_cert_verify_callback(). Since most applications do not do this the
SSL_ERROR_WANT_RETRY_VERIFY return value from SSL_get_error() will be totally
unexpected and applications may not behave correctly as a result. The exact
behaviour will depend on the application but it could result in crashes,
infinite loops or other similar incorrect responses.

This issue is made more serious in combination with a separate bug in OpenSSL
3.0 that will cause X509_verify_cert() to indicate an internal error when
processing a certificate chain. This will occur where a certificate does not
include the Subject Alternative Name extension but where a Certificate Authority
has enforced name constraints. This issue can occur even with valid chains.

CPENameOperatorVersion
openssl-srcge300.0.0
openssl-srclt300.0.4

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

5 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

46.0%