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GHSA-r7jw-wp68-3xch CVE-2023-0215 RUSTSEC-2023-0009

openssl-src vulnerable to Use-after-free following `BIO_new_NDEF`

High crates.io
Severity
7.5 / 10
High · CVSS 3.1
Exploit chance (EPSS)
5.02%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Higher than 92.26% of scored vulnerabilities.
Known exploited
No
Not in CISA's catalog
Weakness
CWE-416 Use After Free
Fix
111.25.0
Upgrade openssl-src to this version or later

Description

The public API function BIO_new_NDEF is a helper function used for streaming ASN.1 data via a BIO. It is primarily used internally to OpenSSL to support the SMIME, CMS and PKCS7 streaming capabilities, but may also be called directly by end user applications.

The function receives a BIO from the caller, prepends a new BIO_f_asn1 filter BIO onto the front of it to form a BIO chain, and then returns the new head of the BIO chain to the caller. Under certain conditions, for example if a CMS recipient public key is invalid, the new filter BIO is freed and the function returns a NULL result indicating a failure. However, in this case, the BIO chain is not properly cleaned up and the BIO passed by the caller still retains internal pointers to the previously freed filter BIO. If the caller then goes on to call BIO_pop() on the BIO then a use-after-free will occur. This will most likely result in a crash.

This scenario occurs directly in the internal function B64_write_ASN1() which may cause BIO_new_NDEF() to be called and will subsequently call BIO_pop() on the BIO. This internal function is in turn called by the public API functions PEM_write_bio_ASN1_stream, PEM_write_bio_CMS_stream, PEM_write_bio_PKCS7_stream, SMIME_write_ASN1, SMIME_write_CMS and SMIME_write_PKCS7.

Other public API functions that may be impacted by this include i2d_ASN1_bio_stream, BIO_new_CMS, BIO_new_PKCS7, i2d_CMS_bio_stream and i2d_PKCS7_bio_stream.

Affected versions

crates.io

PackageVulnerableFixed in
openssl-src
< 111.25.0
111.25.0
openssl-src
>= 300.0.0, < 300.0.12
300.0.12
openssl-src
>= 0.0.0-0, < 111.25.0
>= 300.0.0, < 300.0.12
111.25.0
300.0.12

How to fix

Move to the fixed version or later with your package manager, update the lockfile, and run your tests. If the package only arrives through another dependency, upgrade that dependency first. If none of its releases pulls a fixed version yet, force the version with your package manager's override.

openssl-src crates.io → 111.25.0

cargo
cargo update -p openssl-src --precise 111.25.0

Severity breakdown

CVSS 3.1 7.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Weakness

CWE-416: Use After Free

The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.

How to prevent it
  • Architecture and Design: Choose a language that provides automatic memory management.
  • Implementation: When freeing pointers, be sure to set them to NULL once they are freed. However, the utilization of multiple or complex data structures may lower the usefulness of this strategy.

References

Timeline

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  3. Latest EPSS score
AdvisorySeverityWhy it's related
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GHSA-vxrh-cpg7-8vjr
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GHSA-v5w6-wcm8-jm4q
openssl-src contains Double free after calling `PEM_read_bio_ex`
High Also affects openssl-src
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Medium Also affects openssl-src
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High Also affects openssl-src
GHSA-x4qr-2fvf-3mr5
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High Also affects openssl-src
GHSA-vr8j-hgmm-jh9r
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High Also affects openssl-src
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