GitHub Advisoryadvisory · crates.io
GHSA-r7jw-wp68-3xch openssl-src vulnerable to Use-after-free following `BIO_new_NDEF`
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2023-0215
- 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-416
- Reviewed
- 2023-02-08
Affected packages
• crates.io openssl-src: < 111.25.0 → fixed in 111.25.0
• crates.io openssl-src: >= 300.0.0, < 300.0.12 → fixed in 300.0.12
Description
The public API function `BIO_new_NDEF` is a helper function used for streaming ASN.1 data via a `BIO`. It is primarily used internally to OpenSSL to support the SMIME, CMS and PKCS7 streaming capabilities, but may also be called directly by end user applications.
The function receives a `BIO` from the caller, prepends a new `BIO_f_asn1` filter `BIO` onto the front of it to form a `BIO` chain, and then returns the new head of the `BIO` chain to the caller. Under certain conditions, for example if a CMS recipient public key is invalid, the new filter `BIO` is freed and the function returns a `NULL` result indicating a failure. However, in this case, the `BIO` chain is not properly cleaned up and the `BIO` passed by the caller still retains internal pointers to the previously freed filter `BIO`. If the caller then goes on to call `BIO_pop()` on the `BIO` then a use-after-free will occur. This will most likely result in a crash.
This scenario occurs directly in the internal function `B64_write_ASN1()` which may cause `BIO_new_NDEF()` to be called and will subsequently call `BIO_pop()` on the `BIO`. This internal function is in turn called by the public API functions `PEM_write_bio_ASN1_stream`, `PEM_write_bio_CMS_stream`, `PEM_write_bio_PKCS7_stream`, `SMIME_write_ASN1`, `SMIME_write_CMS` and `SMIME_write_PKCS7`.
Other public API functions that may be impacted by this include `i2d_ASN1_bio_stream`, `BIO_new_CMS`, `BIO_new_PKCS7`, `i2d_CMS_bio_stream` and `i2d_PKCS7_bio_stream`.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2023-0215 The public API function BIO_new_NDEF is a helper function used for streaming ASN.1 data via a BIO. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0215 advisory
- https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=commitdiff;h=8818064ce3c3c0f1b740a5aaba2a987e75bfbafd web
- https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=commitdiff;h=9816136fe31d92ace4037d5da5257f763aeeb4eb web
- https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=commitdiff;h=c3829dd8825c654652201e16f8a0a0c46ee3f344 web
- https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2023-0003 web
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2023-0009.html web
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-08 web
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230427-0007 web
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230427-0009 web
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0006 web
- https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20230207.txt web