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CVE-2022-3602

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Date: November 1, 2022

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).

Language: C

Severity Score

7.5

Related Resources (49)

Url: https://www.mend.io/resources/blog/advisory-new-openssl-critical-security-vulnerability/

Url: https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=commitdiff;h=fe3b639dc19b325846f4f6801f2f4604f56e3de3

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3602

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/01/19

Url: http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169687/OpenSSL-Security-Advisory-20221101.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3602

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/02/1

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/63YRPWPUSX3MBHNPIEJZDKQT6YA7UF6S/

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/02/2

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/03/1

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/02/5

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/02/6

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/03/5

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/02/3

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/03/2

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/03/3

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/01/21

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/02/11

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/01/20

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/02/10

Url: https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/794340

Url: https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20221101.txt

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/02/15

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/01/24

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/02/14

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/02/13

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/02/12

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/63YRPWPUSX3MBHNPIEJZDKQT6YA7UF6S/

Url: https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-openssl-W9sdCc2a

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DWP23EZYOBDJQP7HP4YU7W2ABU2YDITS/

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-3602

Url: https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221102-0001/

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/02/9

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/03/9

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/02/7

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/03/6

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/03/7

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/01/18

Url: https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=fe3b639dc19b325846f4f6801f2f4604f56e3de3

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/01/17

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/01/16

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-01

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DWP23EZYOBDJQP7HP4YU7W2ABU2YDITS/

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/01/15

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/03/10

Url: https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2022-0023

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/03/11

Url: https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/fe3b639dc19b325846f4f6801f2f4604f56e3de3

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2022-3602

Severity Score

7.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Out-of-bounds Write

CWE-787

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

CWE-120

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version 3.0.7

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.5
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

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