CVE-2024-9143 (Medium) detected in opensslOpenSSL_1_1_1b

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CVE-2024-9143 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - opensslOpenSSL_1_1_1b

Library home page: https://github.com/openssl/openssl.git

Found in HEAD commit: 30207a8f9a2b5d0b116c65f1e59dfdeba6de5c3e

Found in base branch: main

Vulnerable Source Files (1)

/edrav2/eprj/openssl/openssl/crypto/bn/bn_gf2m.c

Vulnerability Details

Issue summary: Use of the low-level GF(2^m) elliptic curve APIs with untrusted
explicit values for the field polynomial can lead to out-of-bounds memory reads
or writes.

Impact summary: Out of bound memory writes can lead to an application crash or
even a possibility of a remote code execution, however, in all the protocols
involving Elliptic Curve Cryptography that we're aware of, either only "named
curves" are supported, or, if explicit curve parameters are supported, they
specify an X9.62 encoding of binary (GF(2^m)) curves that can't represent
problematic input values. Thus the likelihood of existence of a vulnerable
application is low.

In particular, the X9.62 encoding is used for ECC keys in X.509 certificates,
so problematic inputs cannot occur in the context of processing X.509
certificates. Any problematic use-cases would have to be using an "exotic"
curve encoding.

The affected APIs include: EC_GROUP_new_curve_GF2m(), EC_GROUP_new_from_params(),
and various supporting BN_GF2m_*() functions.

Applications working with "exotic" explicit binary (GF(2^m)) curve parameters,
that make it possible to represent invalid field polynomials with a zero
constant term, via the above or similar APIs, may terminate abruptly as a
result of reading or writing outside of array bounds. Remote code execution
cannot easily be ruled out.

The FIPS modules in 3.3, 3.2, 3.1 and 3.0 are not affected by this issue.

Publish Date: 2024-10-16

URL: CVE-2024-9143

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.6)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: High
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: Low
  • Integrity Impact: Low
  • Availability Impact: Low

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2024/q4/33

Release Date: 2024-10-16

Fix Resolution: openssl-3.0.16,openssl-3.1.8,openssl-3.2.4,openssl-3.0.9-3.3.3