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-develUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl | Jun 27, 2023 | Mar 22, 2023 |
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade openssl1.1-compatUpgrade openssl3Upgrade openssl | Mar 26, 2024 | Mar 22, 2023 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade openssl11-libsUpgrade edk2-tools-docUpgrade openssl11Upgrade openssl-staticUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-staticUpgrade edk2-toolsUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-develUpgrade openssl11-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-libsUpgrade openssl11-develUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-perlUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-debuginfoUpgrade edk2-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade edk2-tools-pythonUpgrade edk2-aarch64Upgrade openssl11-staticUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-snapsafeUpgrade edk2-ovmfUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-perl | May 17, 2023 | Mar 22, 2023 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade openssl | Jun 9, 2023 | Mar 22, 2023 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-debugsourceUpgrade openssl-libs-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-devel | Feb 17, 2025 | Mar 22, 2023 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-debugsourceUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-libs-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-perl | 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 opensslUpgrade openssl31Upgrade python37Upgrade openssl30Upgrade python39Upgrade python311Upgrade openssl-quicUpgrade python38Upgrade virtualbox-oseUpgrade python310 | 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-develUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade 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 openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl | 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-perlUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-libs-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-debugsourceNo solution existsUpgrade openssl-devel | Jun 22, 2023 | Mar 22, 2023 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-fips-provider-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-fips-provider-debugsourceUpgrade openssl-libs-debuginfoUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-fips-providerUpgrade openssl-debugsourceUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-debuginfo | Jun 17, 2024 | Mar 22, 2023 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libopenssl3Upgrade opensslUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-steam-32bitUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-32bitUpgrade libopenssl-1_0_0-develUpgrade openssl1-docUpgrade libopenssl1_1-hmac-32bitUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0Upgrade openssl-1_0_0Upgrade openssl-1_0_0-cavsUpgrade libopenssl1_1Upgrade libopenssl-1_0_0-devel-32bitUpgrade libopenssl0_9_8Upgrade libopenssl0_9_8-hmacUpgrade openssl-1_1-docUpgrade libopenssl0_9_8-hmac-32bitUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-hmacUpgrade openssl-3Upgrade libopenssl1_1-hmacUpgrade openssl-3-docUpgrade openssl-docUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-steamUpgrade libopenssl10Upgrade openssl-1_1Upgrade libopenssl-1_1-devel-32bitUpgrade libopenssl-1_1-develUpgrade openssl1Upgrade libopenssl3-32bitUpgrade libopenssl0_9_8-32bitUpgrade openssl-1_0_0-docUpgrade libopenssl-3-develUpgrade libopenssl1-develUpgrade libopenssl-3-devel-32bitUpgrade libopenssl-develUpgrade libopenssl1_1-32bitUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-hmac-32bit | Mar 31, 2023 | Mar 22, 2023 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade qemu-efi-aarch64Upgrade qemu-efi-loongarch64Upgrade libssl3Upgrade libssl1.0.0Upgrade qemu-efiUpgrade libssl-docUpgrade opensslUpgrade ovmf-ia32Upgrade openssl1.0Upgrade libssl1.1Upgrade qemu-efi-armUpgrade libssl1.0.0 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade ovmfUpgrade qemu-efi-riscv64Upgrade libssl-doc (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade openssl (Ubuntu Pro) | 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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