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openssl-src subject to NULL dereference validating DSA public key

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Feb 8, 2023 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 5, 2024

Package

cargo openssl-src (Rust)

Affected versions

>= 300.0.0, < 300.0.12

Patched versions

300.0.12

Description

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Feb 8, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Feb 8, 2023
Reviewed Feb 8, 2023
Last updated Feb 5, 2024

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

EPSS score

0.187%
(56th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2023-0217

GHSA ID

GHSA-vxrh-cpg7-8vjr

Source code

No known source code
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