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-libsUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-perl | Jun 27, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade openssl1.1-compatUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl3 | Mar 26, 2024 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade opensslUpgrade openssl11Upgrade openssl-snapsafe-libsUpgrade openssl11-develUpgrade edk2-tools-pythonUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-debuginfoUpgrade edk2-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-develUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-staticUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-perlUpgrade edk2-toolsUpgrade openssl-staticUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade edk2-aarch64Upgrade openssl11-libsUpgrade edk2-ovmfUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl11-staticUpgrade openssl11-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-snapsafeUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade edk2-tools-doc | May 17, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade openssl | Jun 9, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-debugsourceUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-libs-debuginfo | Feb 17, 2025 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade openssl-perlUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-libs-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-debugsourceUpgrade openssl-debuginfo | 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 python37Upgrade python311Upgrade python38Upgrade opensslUpgrade python39Upgrade openssl31Upgrade python310Upgrade openssl-quicUpgrade openssl30 | 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-launchUpgrade libsgx-enclave-commonUpgrade libsgx-ae-leUpgrade 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 shimUpgrade shim-aa64-storage | 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 openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl | 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 opensslUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-debugsourceUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-libs-debuginfoNo solution exists | Jun 22, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade openssl-libs-debuginfoUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-fips-providerUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-debugsourceUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-fips-provider-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-fips-provider-debugsourceUpgrade openssl-libs | Jul 16, 2024 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libopenssl-1_0_0-develUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-hmac-32bitUpgrade libopenssl-1_0_0-devel-32bitUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-steamUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-steam-32bitUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-32bitUpgrade libopenssl3Upgrade libopenssl1_1-hmac-32bitUpgrade openssl-docUpgrade opensslUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0Upgrade openssl1Upgrade openssl-1_1-docUpgrade openssl-1_0_0-cavsUpgrade libopenssl1_1Upgrade libopenssl1_0_0-hmacUpgrade libopenssl10Upgrade libopenssl0_9_8Upgrade openssl1-docUpgrade libopenssl-1_1-develUpgrade openssl-3-docUpgrade openssl-1_0_0-docUpgrade libopenssl-3-devel-32bitUpgrade libopenssl-1_1-devel-32bitUpgrade libopenssl3-32bitUpgrade libopenssl-3-develUpgrade openssl-1_1Upgrade libopenssl-develUpgrade libopenssl1-develUpgrade openssl-1_0_0Upgrade openssl-3Upgrade libopenssl0_9_8-hmacUpgrade libopenssl0_9_8-hmac-32bitUpgrade libopenssl1_1-32bitUpgrade libopenssl1_1-hmacUpgrade libopenssl0_9_8-32bit | Apr 10, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade openssl (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade openssl1.0 (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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