CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-8301
5.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-04-27
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.6 LOW — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-295
Description
LibreSSL 2.5.1 to 2.5.3 lacks TLS certificate verification if SSL_get_verify_result is relied upon for a later check of a verification result, in a use case where a user-provided verification callback returns 1, as demonstrated by acceptance of invalid certificates by nginx.
Affected configurations
• openbsd libressl 2.5.1
• openbsd libressl 2.5.2
• openbsd libressl 2.5.3
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation weakness
References
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q2/145 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98076 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/libressl-portable/portable/issues/307 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://trac.nginx.org/nginx/ticket/1257 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q2/145 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98076 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/libressl-portable/portable/issues/307 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://trac.nginx.org/nginx/ticket/1257 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory