CVE-2024-6119
OpenSSL TLS Name Check Denial of Service
Description
Issue summary: Applications performing certificate name checks (e.g., TLS clients checking server certificates) may attempt to read an invalid memory address resulting in abnormal termination of the application process. Impact summary: Abnormal termination of an application can a cause a denial of service. Applications performing certificate name checks (e.g., TLS clients checking server certificates) may attempt to read an invalid memory address when comparing the expected name with an `otherName` subject alternative name of an X.509 certificate. This may result in an exception that terminates the application program. Note that basic certificate chain validation (signatures, dates, ...) is not affected, the denial of service can occur only when the application also specifies an expected DNS name, Email address or IP address. TLS servers rarely solicit client certificates, and even when they do, they generally don't perform a name check against a reference identifier (expected identity), but rather extract the presented identity after checking the certificate chain. So TLS servers are generally not affected and the severity of the issue is Moderate. The FIPS modules in 3.3, 3.2, 3.1 and 3.0 are not affected by this issue.
INFO
Published Date :
Sept. 3, 2024, 4:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Sept. 3, 2024, 9:35 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
3.9
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CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Sep. 03, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 CISA-ADP AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N -
CVE Received by [email protected]
Sep. 03, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description Issue summary: Applications performing certificate name checks (e.g., TLS clients checking server certificates) may attempt to read an invalid memory address resulting in abnormal termination of the application process. Impact summary: Abnormal termination of an application can a cause a denial of service. Applications performing certificate name checks (e.g., TLS clients checking server certificates) may attempt to read an invalid memory address when comparing the expected name with an `otherName` subject alternative name of an X.509 certificate. This may result in an exception that terminates the application program. Note that basic certificate chain validation (signatures, dates, ...) is not affected, the denial of service can occur only when the application also specifies an expected DNS name, Email address or IP address. TLS servers rarely solicit client certificates, and even when they do, they generally don't perform a name check against a reference identifier (expected identity), but rather extract the presented identity after checking the certificate chain. So TLS servers are generally not affected and the severity of the issue is Moderate. The FIPS modules in 3.3, 3.2, 3.1 and 3.0 are not affected by this issue. Added Reference OpenSSL Software Foundation https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20240903.txt [No types assigned] Added Reference OpenSSL Software Foundation https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/7dfcee2cd2a63b2c64b9b4b0850be64cb695b0a0 [No types assigned] Added Reference OpenSSL Software Foundation https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/05f360d9e849a1b277db628f1f13083a7f8dd04f [No types assigned] Added Reference OpenSSL Software Foundation https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/621f3729831b05ee828a3203eddb621d014ff2b2 [No types assigned] Added Reference OpenSSL Software Foundation https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/06d1dc3fa96a2ba5a3e22735a033012aadc9f0d6 [No types assigned] Added CWE OpenSSL Software Foundation CWE-843
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