Applications that use a non-default option when verifying certificates may be vulnerable to an attack from a malicious CA to circumvent certain checks.
Invalid certificate policies in leaf certificates are silently ignored by OpenSSL and other certificate policy checks are skipped for that certificate. A malicious CA could use this to deliberately assert invalid certificate policies in order to circumvent policy checking on the certificate altogether.
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: 5.3
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-perl | Jun 27, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade openssl1.1-compatUpgrade openssl3Upgrade openssl | Mar 26, 2024 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade openssl-snapsafe-develUpgrade opensslUpgrade edk2-debuginfoUpgrade openssl11Upgrade openssl-snapsafe-libsUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-staticUpgrade openssl-staticUpgrade edk2-toolsUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-perlUpgrade edk2-tools-pythonUpgrade openssl11-develUpgrade edk2-aarch64Upgrade openssl11-staticUpgrade edk2-tools-docUpgrade edk2-ovmfUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl11-libsUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl11-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-snapsafeUpgrade openssl-perl | May 17, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade openssl | Jun 9, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-debugsourceUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-libs-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-debuginfo | Feb 17, 2025 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade openssl-libs-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-debugsourceUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-libs | Jun 22, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade openssl | Jun 2, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Dell Poweredge Dsa2024082 | — | Upgrade Dell PowerEdge to the latest version | Oct 23, 2025 | Feb 20, 2024 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade python310Upgrade openssl30Upgrade python39Upgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-quicUpgrade openssl31Upgrade python37Upgrade python311Upgrade python38 | Jun 8, 2023 | Jun 8, 2023 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade dev-libs/openssl. | Feb 5, 2024 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Http Openssl | — | Upgrade to the latest version of OpenSSL | Jun 5, 2024 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp10 | — | Upgrade shim-aa64-storageUpgrade shim | May 9, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp11 | — | Upgrade libsgx-urtsUpgrade libsgx-enclave-commonUpgrade libsgx-ae-leUpgrade libsgx-launchUpgrade libsgx-aesm-launch-pluginUpgrade sgx-aesm-service | Jan 10, 2024 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade shim-aa64 | Jun 9, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp9 | — | Upgrade shim-aa64-storageUpgrade shim | Jul 10, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Ibm Aix | — | Apply the fix or workaround for openssl_advisory39 | Sep 12, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-libs | Jun 22, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Rapid7 Insightagent | — | Upgrade Rapid7 Insight Agent to version 4.0.6.14 | Mar 19, 2024 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade openssl-debugsourceUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-libsNo solution existsUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-libs-debuginfo | Jun 22, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade openssl-libs-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-debugsourceUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-fips-provider-debuginfoUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-fips-providerUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-fips-provider-debugsource | Jul 16, 2024 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libopenssl0_9_8Upgrade openssl-1_1-docUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-32bitUpgrade openssl-docUpgrade libopenssl3Upgrade libopenssl-1_0_0-devel-32bitUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-steam-32bitUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-steamUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-1_0_0-cavsUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-hmacUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-hmac-32bitUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0Upgrade libopenssl10Upgrade libopenssl-1_0_0-develUpgrade libopenssl1_1Upgrade openssl1Upgrade libopenssl1_1-hmac-32bitUpgrade libopenssl-3-devel-32bitUpgrade libopenssl1_1-hmacUpgrade openssl-1_0_0-docUpgrade libopenssl-1_1-develUpgrade libopenssl3-32bitUpgrade libopenssl-1_1-devel-32bitUpgrade libopenssl-3-develUpgrade libopenssl1_1-32bitUpgrade libopenssl0_9_8-hmac-32bitUpgrade openssl-3Upgrade libopenssl0_9_8-hmacUpgrade openssl1-docUpgrade libopenssl0_9_8-32bitUpgrade libopenssl-develUpgrade openssl-1_1Upgrade libopenssl1-develUpgrade openssl-1_0_0Upgrade openssl-3-doc | Apr 10, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade openssl1.0 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade openssl (Ubuntu Pro) | May 1, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Mar 28, 2023 |
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