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OpenSSL X.509 Email Address 4-byte Buffer Overflow

High
ricksalsa published GHSA-j3cg-7mpq-v62p Jan 13, 2023

Package

scope

Affected versions

< 1.2.2

Patched versions

1.2.2

Description

Impact

A buffer overrun exists in OpenSSL, which can be triggered during X.509 certificate verification, specifically in name constraint checking. This occurs after certificate chain signature verification and requires either a Certificate Authority to have signed the malicious certificate or for the application to continue certificate verification despite failure to construct a path to a trusted Issuer.

When running scope against a client application, this can be triggered by connecting to a malicious server. When running scope against a server or application accepting inbound connections using TLS, this can be triggered if the server or application requests client authentication and a malicious client connects.

Patches

AppScope 1.2.2 and above

Workarounds

There are no effective workarounds beyond upgrading.

References

#1182
CVE-2022-3602

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Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE ID

CVE-2202-3602

Weaknesses

No CWEs