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GHSA-xcf7-rvmh-g6q4

Published

Last updated

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xcf7-rvmh-g6q4

Severity

4.5

Medium

CVSS CVSS_V3

Summary

openssl X509VerifyParamRef::set_host buffer over-read

Description

When this function was passed an empty string, openssl would attempt to call strlen on it, reading arbitrary memory until it reached a NUL byte.

References

  • https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xcf7-rvmh-g6q4
  • https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53159
  • https://github.com/sfackler/rust-openssl/issues/1965
  • https://github.com/sfackler/rust-openssl/pull/1968
  • https://github.com/sfackler/rust-openssl
  • https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2023-0044.html

Affected packages

Safe Source for Open Source™
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