CVE-2022-3996
Published: 13 December 2022
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 the `X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_policies()' function. Update (31 March 2023): The description of the policy processing enablement was corrected based on CVE-2023-0466.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| mdeslaur | OpenSSL 3.x only |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
edk2 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
| focal |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
| jammy |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
| kinetic |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
| lunar |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
| mantic |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
| trusty |
Ignored
(end of standard support)
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| xenial |
Needs triage
|
|
|
nodejs Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Not vulnerable
(uses system openssl1.0)
|
| focal |
Not vulnerable
(uses system openssl)
|
|
| jammy |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
| kinetic |
Not vulnerable
(uses system openssl)
|
|
| lunar |
Not vulnerable
(uses system openssl)
|
|
| mantic |
Not vulnerable
(uses system openssl)
|
|
| trusty |
Not vulnerable
(uses system openssl)
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| xenial |
Not vulnerable
(uses system openssl)
|
|
|
openssl Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
| focal |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
| jammy |
Released
(3.0.2-0ubuntu1.9)
|
|
| kinetic |
Released
(3.0.5-2ubuntu2.2)
|
|
| lunar |
Released
(3.0.7-1ubuntu1)
|
|
| mantic |
Released
(3.0.7-1ubuntu1)
|
|
| trusty |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
| upstream |
Pending
(3.0.8)
|
|
| xenial |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
|
openssl1.0 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| jammy |
Does not exist
|
|
| kinetic |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7.5 |
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |