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-perlUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-libs | 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 edk2-aarch64Upgrade openssl-snapsafeUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade edk2-tools-pythonUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl11-staticUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade edk2-ovmfUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-libsUpgrade openssl-staticUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-debuginfoUpgrade openssl11-libsUpgrade openssl11-debuginfoUpgrade edk2-toolsUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl11Upgrade openssl-snapsafe-perlUpgrade edk2-debuginfoUpgrade edk2-tools-docUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-staticUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-develUpgrade openssl11-devel | May 17, 2023 | Mar 22, 2023 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade openssl | Jun 9, 2023 | Mar 22, 2023 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-debugsourceUpgrade openssl-libs-debuginfoUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-perl | Feb 17, 2025 | Mar 22, 2023 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-debugsourceUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-libs-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-devel | 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 python310Upgrade virtualbox-oseUpgrade openssl-quicUpgrade python38Upgrade openssl30Upgrade python311Upgrade opensslUpgrade python37Upgrade python39Upgrade openssl31 | 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-develNo solution existsUpgrade openssl-debugsourceUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-libs-debuginfo | Jun 22, 2023 | Mar 22, 2023 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-fips-provider-debugsourceUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-fips-provider-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-libs-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-debugsourceUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-fips-providerUpgrade openssl-debuginfo | Jun 17, 2024 | Mar 22, 2023 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libopenssl1_0_0-32bitUpgrade openssl-1_0_0Upgrade libopenssl1_0_0-steam-32bitUpgrade libopenssl0_9_8-hmacUpgrade openssl-1_1-docUpgrade openssl1-docUpgrade libopenssl1_1-hmac-32bitUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0Upgrade libopenssl-1_0_0-develUpgrade libopenssl-1_0_0-devel-32bitUpgrade libopenssl3Upgrade openssl-1_0_0-cavsUpgrade libopenssl0_9_8Upgrade libopenssl1_1Upgrade opensslUpgrade openssl1Upgrade libopenssl1_0_0-hmacUpgrade libopenssl1-develUpgrade libopenssl-1_1-devel-32bitUpgrade openssl-1_1Upgrade libopenssl1_0_0-hmac-32bitUpgrade libopenssl1_1-hmacUpgrade libopenssl0_9_8-32bitUpgrade openssl-3Upgrade libopenssl0_9_8-hmac-32bitUpgrade libopenssl-3-devel-32bitUpgrade libopenssl1_1-32bitUpgrade openssl-1_0_0-docUpgrade libopenssl-develUpgrade libopenssl-1_1-develUpgrade libopenssl3-32bitUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-steamUpgrade libopenssl10Upgrade libopenssl-3-develUpgrade openssl-docUpgrade openssl-3-doc | Mar 31, 2023 | Mar 22, 2023 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libssl-doc (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libssl1.0.0 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade openssl1.0Upgrade openssl (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade qemu-efi-riscv64Upgrade libssl1.1Upgrade ovmfUpgrade qemu-efi-armUpgrade libssl1.0.0Upgrade opensslUpgrade qemu-efiUpgrade libssl-docUpgrade libssl3Upgrade ovmf-ia32Upgrade qemu-efi-aarch64Upgrade qemu-efi-loongarch64 | 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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