OpenSSL Security Update 08 February 2023

OpenSSL has released security updates to fix multiple vulnerabilities in multiple versions.

The addressed vulnerability could allow the remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, or cause a denial of service attack by passing arbitrary pointers to a memcmp call or sending an overly large number of trial messages for decryption on the affected systems.

Sample of the addressed vulnerabilities:

1. OpenSSL Denial of Service (CVE-2023-0286):

• CVSS: 8.2

• Attack Vector: Network

• Attack Complexity: Low

• Privileges Required: None

• User Interaction: None

• Consequences: Denial of Service

2. OpenSSL Information Disclosure (CVE-2022-4304):

• CVSS: 7.5

• Attack Vector: Network

• Attack Complexity: Low

• Privileges Required: None

• User Interaction: None

• Consequences: Obtain Information

Affected versions:

• 1.0.2, 1.1.1

• 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, 3.0.5, 3.0.6, 3.0.7

Vulnerabilities
  • CVE-2023-0286
  • CVE-2022-4304
  • CVE-2022-4203
  • CVE-2023-0215
  • CVE-2022-4450
  • CVE-2023-0216
  • CVE-2023-0217
  • CVE-2023-0401
Mitigations

The enterprise should deploy this patch as soon as the testing phase is completed.

OpenSSL Security Advisory

References