CVE-2024-6119
Possible denial of service in X.509 name checks
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
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.
A flaw was found in OpenSSL. 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.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:Attend
Timeline
- 2024-06-18 CVE Reserved
- 2024-09-03 CVE Published
- 2024-09-04 EPSS Updated
- 2024-09-12 CVE Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-843: Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')
CAPEC
References (7)
URL | Tag | Source |
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URL | Date | SRC |
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URL | Date | SRC |
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https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20240903.txt | 2024-09-12 | |
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6119 | 2024-11-06 | |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2306158 | 2024-11-06 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
OpenSSL Search vendor "OpenSSL" | OpenSSL Search vendor "OpenSSL" for product "OpenSSL" | >= 3.3.0 < 3.3.2 Search vendor "OpenSSL" for product "OpenSSL" and version " >= 3.3.0 < 3.3.2" | en |
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OpenSSL Search vendor "OpenSSL" | OpenSSL Search vendor "OpenSSL" for product "OpenSSL" | >= 3.2.0 < 3.2.3 Search vendor "OpenSSL" for product "OpenSSL" and version " >= 3.2.0 < 3.2.3" | en |
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OpenSSL Search vendor "OpenSSL" | OpenSSL Search vendor "OpenSSL" for product "OpenSSL" | >= 3.1.0 < 3.1.7 Search vendor "OpenSSL" for product "OpenSSL" and version " >= 3.1.0 < 3.1.7" | en |
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OpenSSL Search vendor "OpenSSL" | OpenSSL Search vendor "OpenSSL" for product "OpenSSL" | >= 3.0.0 < 3.0.15 Search vendor "OpenSSL" for product "OpenSSL" and version " >= 3.0.0 < 3.0.15" | en |
Affected
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