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FreeBSD: VID-24673ED7-2BF3-11E7-B291-B499BAEBFEAF (CVE-2017-8301): LibreSSL -- TLS verification vulnerability

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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
04/27/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/19/2017
Modified
05/07/2019

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.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-libressl
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-libressl-devel

References

  • CVE-2017-8301

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