A security vulnerability has been identified in all supported versions
of OpenSSL related to the verification of X.509 certificate chains that include policy constraints. Attackers may be able to exploit this vulnerability by creating a malicious certificate chain that triggers exponential use of computational resources, leading to a denial-of-service (DoS) attack on affected systems.
Policy processing is disabled by default but can be enabled by passing the `-policy' argument to the command line utilities or by calling the `X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_policies()' function.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-perl | Jun 27, 2023 | Mar 22, 2023 |
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade opensslUpgrade openssl1.1-compatUpgrade openssl3 | Mar 26, 2024 | Mar 22, 2023 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade openssl11-debuginfoUpgrade openssl11-libsUpgrade edk2-toolsUpgrade openssl11-develUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-perlUpgrade openssl11Upgrade opensslUpgrade edk2-tools-docUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-staticUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-develUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-libsUpgrade edk2-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-staticUpgrade edk2-aarch64Upgrade edk2-tools-pythonUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade edk2-ovmfUpgrade openssl11-staticUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-snapsafe | May 17, 2023 | Mar 22, 2023 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade openssl | Jun 9, 2023 | Mar 22, 2023 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-libs-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-debugsourceUpgrade openssl | Feb 17, 2025 | Mar 22, 2023 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade openssl-libs-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-debugsource | Jun 22, 2023 | Mar 22, 2023 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade openssl | Jun 2, 2023 | Mar 22, 2023 |
| Dell Poweredge Dsa2024082 | — | Upgrade Dell PowerEdge to the latest version | Oct 23, 2025 | Feb 20, 2024 |
| F5 Big Ip | — | — | Dec 8, 2023 | Mar 22, 2023 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade python38Upgrade openssl-quicUpgrade virtualbox-oseUpgrade python310Upgrade python37Upgrade openssl31Upgrade opensslUpgrade openssl30Upgrade python311Upgrade python39 | Jun 8, 2023 | Jun 8, 2023 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade dev-libs/openssl. | Feb 5, 2024 | Mar 22, 2023 |
| Http Openssl | — | Upgrade to the latest version of OpenSSL | Jun 5, 2024 | Mar 22, 2023 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp10 | — | Upgrade shim | May 9, 2023 | Mar 22, 2023 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp11 | — | Upgrade shim | Jan 10, 2024 | Mar 22, 2023 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl | Jun 9, 2023 | Mar 22, 2023 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp9 | — | Upgrade shim | May 10, 2023 | Mar 22, 2023 |
| Ibm Aix | — | Apply the fix or workaround for openssl_advisory39 | Sep 12, 2023 | Mar 22, 2023 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-perl | Jun 22, 2023 | Mar 22, 2023 |
| Rapid7 Insightagent | — | Upgrade Rapid7 Insight Agent to version 4.0.6.14 | Mar 19, 2024 | Mar 22, 2023 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-debugsourceUpgrade openssl-develNo solution existsUpgrade openssl-libs-debuginfoUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-libs | Jun 22, 2023 | Mar 22, 2023 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-fips-provider-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-libs-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-fips-provider-debugsourceUpgrade openssl-debugsourceUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-fips-providerUpgrade openssl-debuginfo | Jun 17, 2024 | Mar 22, 2023 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libopenssl1_1-hmacUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-steamUpgrade libopenssl-1_1-devel-32bitUpgrade libopenssl3-32bitUpgrade openssl-3Upgrade libopenssl1_1-32bitUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-hmac-32bitUpgrade libopenssl-1_1-develUpgrade libopenssl0_9_8-32bitUpgrade openssl-1_1Upgrade libopenssl0_9_8-hmac-32bitUpgrade openssl-docUpgrade libopenssl-3-develUpgrade openssl-1_0_0-docUpgrade openssl-3-docUpgrade libopenssl10Upgrade libopenssl1_0_0-hmacUpgrade libopenssl-3-devel-32bitUpgrade libopenssl1-develUpgrade libopenssl-develUpgrade openssl1Upgrade openssl-1_1-docUpgrade openssl-1_0_0-cavsUpgrade openssl-1_0_0Upgrade libopenssl1_0_0-32bitUpgrade libopenssl0_9_8Upgrade libopenssl1_1Upgrade opensslUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-steam-32bitUpgrade libopenssl-1_0_0-devel-32bitUpgrade openssl1-docUpgrade libopenssl0_9_8-hmacUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0Upgrade libopenssl3Upgrade libopenssl1_1-hmac-32bitUpgrade libopenssl-1_0_0-devel | Mar 31, 2023 | Mar 22, 2023 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libssl1.0.0 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade qemu-efi-armUpgrade qemu-efi-riscv64Upgrade openssl (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libssl-doc (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade ovmfUpgrade openssl1.0Upgrade libssl1.1Upgrade libssl-docUpgrade libssl1.0.0Upgrade qemu-efiUpgrade opensslUpgrade qemu-efi-aarch64Upgrade qemu-efi-loongarch64Upgrade ovmf-ia32Upgrade libssl3 | May 1, 2023 | Mar 22, 2023 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Mar 22, 2023 |
| Zimbra Collaboration | — | Upgrade Zimbra Collaboration to the latest version | Jan 20, 2025 | Mar 22, 2023 |
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