Description
Applications that use a non-default option when verifying certificates may be vulnerable to an attack from a malicious CA to circumvent certain checks.
Invalid certificate policies in leaf certificates are silently ignored by OpenSSL and other certificate policy checks are skipped for that certificate. A malicious CA could use this to deliberately assert invalid certificate policies in order to circumvent policy checking on the certificate altogether.
Policy processing is disabled by default but can be enabled by passing the `-policy' argument to the command line utilities or by calling the `X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_policies()' function.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| OpenSSL | OpenSSL | >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.1; >= 3.0.0, < 3.0.9; >= 1.1.1, < 1.1.1u; >= 1.0.2, < 1.0.2zh |
| Siemens | SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP | >= V3.1.0, < V3.1.5 |
| Siemens | SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP | >= V3.1.0, < V3.1.5 |
| Siemens | SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP | >= V3.1.0, < V3.1.5 |
| Siemens | SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP | >= V3.1.0, < V3.1.5 |
| Siemens | SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem | < V1.1 |
| Siemens | SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP | >= V3.1.0, < V3.1.5 |
References
- https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=commitdiff;h=10325176f3d3e98c6e2b3bf5ab1e3b334de6947aBroken Link
- https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=commitdiff;h=1dd43e0709fece299b15208f36cc7c76209ba0bbMailing List, Patch
- https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=commitdiff;h=b013765abfa80036dc779dd0e50602c57bb3bf95Mailing List, Patch
- https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=commitdiff;h=facfb1ab745646e97a1920977ae4a9965ea61d5cMailing List, Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00011.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-08
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230414-0001/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5417
- https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20230328.txtVendor Advisory
- https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=commitdiff;h=10325176f3d3e98c6e2b3bf5ab1e3b334de6947aBroken Link
- https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=commitdiff;h=1dd43e0709fece299b15208f36cc7c76209ba0bbMailing List, Patch
- https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=commitdiff;h=b013765abfa80036dc779dd0e50602c57bb3bf95Mailing List, Patch
- https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=commitdiff;h=facfb1ab745646e97a1920977ae4a9965ea61d5cMailing List, Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00011.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-08
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230414-0001/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5417
- https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20230328.txtVendor Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-337522.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-341067.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-556635.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-625862.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-769027.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-879734.html
Timeline
- Published
- Mar 28, 2023
- Last modified
- Oct 14, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified