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CVE-2023-0217RUSTSEC-2023-0012GHSA-VXRH-CPG7-8VJR

NULL dereference validating DSA public key

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 3.0.8, 300.0.12
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

An invalid pointer dereference on read can be triggered when an application tries to check a malformed DSA public key by the EVP_PKEY_public_check() function. This will most likely lead to an application crash. This function can be called on public keys supplied from untrusted sources which could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service attack. The TLS implementation in OpenSSL does not call this function but applications might call the function if there are additional security requirements imposed by standards such as FIPS 140-3.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • OpenSSL OpenSSL

    From 3.0.0 · fixed in 3.0.8

  • openssl-srccrates.io

    From 300.0.0 · fixed in 300.0.12

References 3

openssl.org

git.openssl.org

security.gentoo.org