GitHub Advisoryadvisory · crates.io

GHSA-h8jm-2x53-xhp5 X.509 Email Address Variable Length Buffer Overflow

HIGH Published 2022-11-01 Modified 2022-11-02 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2022-3786
Ecosystem
crates.io
Packages
openssl-src
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-120
Reviewed
2022-11-01

Affected packages

• crates.io openssl-src: >= 300.0.0, < 300.0.11 → fixed in 300.0.11

Description

A buffer overrun can be triggered in X.509 certificate verification, specifically in name constraint checking. Note that this occurs after certificate chain signature verification and requires either a CA to have signed a malicious certificate or for an application to continue certificate verification despite failure to construct a path to a trusted issuer. An attacker can craft a malicious email address in a certificate to overflow an arbitrary number of bytes containing the `.` character (decimal 46) on the stack. This buffer overflow could result in a crash (causing a denial of service). In a TLS client, this can be triggered by connecting to a malicious server. In a TLS server, this can be triggered if the server requests client authentication and a malicious client connects.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2022-3786 A buffer overrun can be triggered in X.509 certificate verification, specifically in name constraint checking. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input weakness

References