High severity · published Sep 3, 2024
CVE-2024-6119
Possible denial of service in X.509 name checks
7.5
CVSS
66.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Issue summary: Applications performing certificate name checks (e.g., TLS
clients checking server certificates) may attempt to read an invalid memory
address resulting in abnormal termination of the application process.
Impact summary: Abnormal termination of an application can a cause a denial of
service.
Applications performing certificate name checks (e.g., TLS clients checking
server certificates) may attempt to read an invalid memory address when
comparing the expected name with an `otherName` subject alternative name of an
X.509 certificate. This may result in an exception that terminates the
application program.
Note that basic certificate chain validation (signatures, dates, ...) is not
affected, the denial of service can occur only when the application also
specifies an expected DNS name, Email address or IP address.
TLS servers rarely solicit client certificates, and even when they do, they
generally don't perform a name check against a reference identifier (expected
identity), but rather extract the presented identity after checking the
certificate chain. So TLS servers are generally not affected and the severity
of the issue is Moderate.
The FIPS modules in 3.3, 3.2, 3.1 and 3.0 are not affected by this issue.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)66.6% · higher than 99% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
OpenSSL · OpenSSL
3.3.0 before 3.3.2; 3.2.0 before 3.2.3; 3.1.0 before 3.1.7; 3.0.0 before 3.0.15 · source: vendor, NVD, CISA
5F
500f Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
AF
A250 Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
AI
Active IQ Unified Manager · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
BO
Bootstrap OS · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
BF
Brocade Fabric Operating System · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
CF
C250 Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H300s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H410c Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H410s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H500s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H610c Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6119
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6119
Patch
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/05f360d9e849a1b277db628f1f13083a7f8dd04f
Patch
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/06d1dc3fa96a2ba5a3e22735a033012aadc9f0d6
Patch
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/621f3729831b05ee828a3203eddb621d014ff2b2
Patch
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/7dfcee2cd2a63b2c64b9b4b0850be64cb695b0a0
Vendor Advisory
https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20240903.txt
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/03/4
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