CVE-2024-61197.5HighCWE-843

CVE-2024-6119: Possible denial of service in X.509 name checks

OpenSSL

Vendor fix available · Affected: OpenSSL · Exploitation: likely to be exploited (10% or more)

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66.6%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

99th percentile

050100

Higher than 99% of scored CVEs

7.5HighCVSS 3.1

LowMediumHighCrit.

DescriptionCVE.org

Issue summary: Applications performing certificate name checks (e.g., TLS clients checking server certificates) may attempt to read an invalid memory address resulting in abnormal termination of the application process. Impact summary: Abnormal termination of an application can a cause a denial of service. Applications performing certificate name checks (e.g., TLS clients checking server certificates) may attempt to read an invalid memory address when comparing the expected name with an `otherName` subject alternative name of an X.509 certificate. This may result in an exception that terminates the application program. Note that basic certificate chain validation (signatures, dates, ...) is not affected, the denial of service can occur only when the application also specifies an expected DNS name, Email address or IP address. TLS servers rarely solicit client certificates, and even when they do, they generally don't perform a name check against a reference identifier (expected identity), but rather extract the presented identity after checking the certificate chain. So TLS servers are generally not affected and the severity of the issue is Moderate. The FIPS modules in 3.3, 3.2, 3.1 and 3.0 are not affected by this issue.

Affected products1

From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.

OpenSSL · OpenSSLfrom 3.3.0 before 3.3.2; from 3.2.0 before 3.2.3; from 3.1.0 before 3.1.7; from 3.0.0 before 3.0.15

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Exploitation: Likely to be exploited (10% or more). EPSS gives it a 10% or higher chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
CISA KEV: Not listed
Public check: No public nuclei template
Weakness: Type Confusion · Memory Corruption
Vendor: OpenSSL
Published: September 2024
Band: Likely to be exploited (10% or more), September 2024

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