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FreeBSD: VID-24673ed7-2bf3-11e7-b291-b499baebfeaf (CVE-2017-8301): LibreSSL -- TLS verification vulnerability

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Apr 28, 2017
Added
Sep 19, 2017
Modified
Jun 15, 2026

Description

LibreSSL 2.5.1 to 2.5.3 lacks TLS certificate verification if SSL_get_verify_result is relied upon for a later check of a verification result, in a use case where a user-provided verification callback returns 1, as demonstrated by acceptance of invalid certificates by nginx.

Solutions

freebsd-upgrade-package-libresslfreebsd-upgrade-package-libressl-devel
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