CVE-2017-8301

5.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
OpenBSD
Status
Libressl
Vendor
CVE Published:
27 April 2017

Summary

LibreSSL 2.5.1 to 2.5.3 lacks TLS certificate verification if SSL_get_verify_result is relied upon for a later check of a verification result, in a use case where a user-provided verification callback returns 1, as demonstrated by acceptance of invalid certificates by nginx.

References

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q2/145
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/libressl-portable/portable/issues/307
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://trac.nginx.org/nginx/ticket/1257
x_refsource_CONFIRM

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
High
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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