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CVE-2022-3602

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 the malicious certificate or for the application to continue certificate verification despite failure to construct a path to a trusted issuer. An attacker can craft a malicious email address to overflow four attacker-controlled bytes on the stack. This buffer overflow could result in a crash (causing a denial of service) or potentially remote code execution. Many platforms implement stack overflow protections which would mitigate against the risk of remote code execution. The risk may be further mitigated based on stack layout for any given platform/compiler. Pre-announcements of CVE-2022-3602 described this issue as CRITICAL. Further analysis based on some of the mitigating factors described above have led this to be downgraded to HIGH. Users are still encouraged to upgrade to a new version as soon as possible. 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. Fixed in OpenSSL 3.0.7 (Affected 3.0.0,3.0.1,3.0.2,3.0.3,3.0.4,3.0.5,3.0.6).

Published

2022-11-01T18:15:10.983

Last Modified

2025-05-05T16:15:19.860

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.5 (HIGH)

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-787
  • Type: Secondary
    CWE-787
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application openssl openssl < 3.0.7 Yes
Operating System fedoraproject fedora 36 Yes
Operating System fedoraproject fedora 37 Yes
Application netapp clustered_data_ontap - Yes
Operating System fedoraproject fedora 26 Yes
Operating System fedoraproject fedora 27 Yes
Application nodejs node.js < 18.11.0 Yes
Application nodejs node.js 18.12.0 Yes
Application nodejs node.js 19.0.0 Yes
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