If an X.509 certificate contains a malformed policy constraint and policy processing is enabled, then a write lock will be taken twice recursively. On some operating systems (most widely: Windows) this results in a denial of service when the affected process hangs. Policy processing being enabled on a publicly facing server is not considered to be a common setup. Policy processing is enabled by passing the `-policy' argument to the command line utilities or by calling either `X509_VERIFY_PARAM_add0_policy()' or `X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_policies()' functions.
References
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https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/7725e7bfe6f2ce8146b6552b44e0d226be7638e7 | Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20221213.txt | Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
Information
Published : 2022-12-13 08:15
Updated : 2022-12-15 09:46
NVD link : CVE-2022-3996
Mitre link : CVE-2022-3996
JSON object : View
CWE
CWE-667
Improper Locking
Products Affected
openssl
- openssl