GitHub Advisoryadvisory · crates.io

GHSA-vxrh-cpg7-8vjr openssl-src subject to NULL dereference validating DSA public key

HIGH Published 2023-02-08 Modified 2025-02-13 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2023-0217
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-476
Reviewed
2023-02-08

Affected packages

• crates.io openssl-src: >= 300.0.0, < 300.0.12 → fixed in 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.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2023-0217 An invalid pointer dereference on read can be triggered when an application tries to check a malformed DSA public key by the… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness

References