Id:
CVE-2022-3996
Comment
:
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.
CVSSv3 Score:
7.5
Attack vector:
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NETWORK
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Attack complexity:
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LOW
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Privileges required:
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NONE
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User interaction:
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NONE
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Scope:
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UNCHANGED
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Confidentiality impact:
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NONE
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Integrity impact:
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NONE
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Availability impact:
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HIGH
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CVSSv3 Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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