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 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-staticUpgrade edk2-aarch64Upgrade edk2-ovmfUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-snapsafeUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade edk2-tools-pythonUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-libsUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-staticUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-develUpgrade edk2-toolsUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl11Upgrade openssl-staticUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-perlUpgrade edk2-tools-docUpgrade openssl11-debuginfoUpgrade openssl11-libsUpgrade openssl11-develUpgrade edk2-debuginfo | May 17, 2023 | Mar 22, 2023 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade openssl | Jun 9, 2023 | Mar 22, 2023 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-debugsourceUpgrade openssl-libs-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-debuginfo | Feb 17, 2025 | Mar 22, 2023 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade openssl-libs-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-debugsourceUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl | 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 python39Upgrade python37Upgrade opensslUpgrade openssl30Upgrade python311Upgrade openssl31Upgrade python38Upgrade openssl-quicUpgrade 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 opensslUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-devel | 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-libsUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade 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-develNo solution existsUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-debugsourceUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-libs-debuginfoUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-libs | Jun 22, 2023 | Mar 22, 2023 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade openssl-debugsourceUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-fips-providerUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-fips-provider-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-libs-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-fips-provider-debugsourceUpgrade openssl | Jun 17, 2024 | Mar 22, 2023 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade openssl1-docUpgrade libopenssl1_1-hmac-32bitUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-32bitUpgrade openssl-1_0_0Upgrade libopenssl-1_0_0-develUpgrade libopenssl1_1Upgrade libopenssl0_9_8Upgrade libopenssl1_0_0-steam-32bitUpgrade libopenssl-1_0_0-devel-32bitUpgrade openssl-1_0_0-cavsUpgrade libopenssl3Upgrade opensslUpgrade libopenssl0_9_8-hmacUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0Upgrade openssl-1_1-docUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-steamUpgrade openssl1Upgrade libopenssl10Upgrade libopenssl1_1-hmacUpgrade openssl-3Upgrade libopenssl1_0_0-hmac-32bitUpgrade openssl-3-docUpgrade libopenssl0_9_8-hmac-32bitUpgrade libopenssl0_9_8-32bitUpgrade openssl-1_0_0-docUpgrade openssl-docUpgrade libopenssl1-develUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-hmacUpgrade libopenssl-3-devel-32bitUpgrade openssl-1_1Upgrade libopenssl-3-develUpgrade libopenssl1_1-32bitUpgrade libopenssl-1_1-develUpgrade libopenssl3-32bitUpgrade libopenssl-develUpgrade libopenssl-1_1-devel-32bit | Mar 31, 2023 | Mar 22, 2023 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libssl-doc (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade qemu-efi-armUpgrade openssl1.0Upgrade libssl1.0.0 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade ovmfUpgrade openssl (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade qemu-efi-riscv64Upgrade libssl1.1Upgrade libssl-docUpgrade opensslUpgrade qemu-efiUpgrade libssl1.0.0Upgrade ovmf-ia32Upgrade libssl3Upgrade qemu-efi-loongarch64Upgrade qemu-efi-aarch64 | 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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