RUSTSEC-2021-0058

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Source

https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0058

Import Source

https://github.com/rustsec/advisory-db/blob/osv/crates/RUSTSEC-2021-0058.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RUSTSEC-2021-0058

Aliases

Published

2021-05-01T12:00:00Z

Modified

2023-11-01T05:44:42.939019Z

Severity

5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator

Summary

Null pointer deref in `X509_issuer_and_serial_hash()`

Details

The OpenSSL public API function X509_issuer_and_serial_hash() attempts to create a unique hash value based on the issuer and serial number data contained within an X509 certificate. However it fails to correctly handle any errors that may occur while parsing the issuer field (which might occur if the issuer field is maliciously constructed). This may subsequently result in a NULL pointer deref and a crash leading to a potential denial of service attack.

The function X509_issuer_and_serial_hash() is never directly called by OpenSSL itself so applications are only vulnerable if they use this function directly and they use it on certificates that may have been obtained from untrusted sources.

References

Affected packages

crates.io / openssl-src

Package

Name: openssl-src; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:cargo/openssl-src

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0.0.0-0

Fixed

111.14.0

Ecosystem specific

{
    "affected_functions": null,
    "affects": {
        "os": [],
        "functions": [],
        "arch": []
    }
}

Database specific

{
    "cvss": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
    "informational": null,
    "categories": [
        "denial-of-service"
    ]
}