Resource leakage when decoding certificates and keys (OpenSSL OpenSSL)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 4.68 % · percentile 92 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- openssl
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
The OPENSSL_LH_flush() function, which empties a hash table, contains a bug that breaks reuse of the memory occuppied by the removed hash table entries. This function is used when decoding certificates or keys. If a long lived process periodically decodes certificates or keys its memory usage will expand without bounds and the process might be terminated by the operating system causing a denial of service. Also traversing the empty hash table entries will take increasingly more time. Typically such long lived processes might be TLS clients or TLS servers configured to accept client certificate authentication. The function was added in the OpenSSL 3.0 version thus older releases are not affected by the issue. Fixed in OpenSSL 3.0.3 (Affected 3.0.0,3.0.1,3.0.2).
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-459 — Incomplete Cleanup
References
- https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20220503.txt
- https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=64c85430f95200b6b51fe9475bd5203f7c19daf1
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220602-0009/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-02
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-953464.pdf
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-953464.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-419740.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-942865.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | CISA-ADP |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary) |
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2022-3867
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2022-1473
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0199 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-1054 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0969 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0967 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0864 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans VMware Tanzu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0756 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0622 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2023-AVI-1015 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Siemens · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2023-AVI-0453 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Siemens · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2023-AVI-0220 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Siemens · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2023-AVI-0121 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Siemens · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2023-AVI-0051 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Juniper · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2022-AVI-916 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Juniper · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2022-AVI-570 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2022-AVI-411 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans OpenSSL · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 3.0.0 < 3.0.3cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vsphere:*:*cpe:2.3:a:netapp:clustered_data_ontap:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:netapp:clustered_data_ontap_antivirus_connector:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:netapp:santricity_smi-s_provider:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:netapp:smi-s_provider:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:netapp:snapmanager:-:*:*:*:*:hyper-v:*:*cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire\,_enterprise_sds_\&_hci_storage_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire_\&_hci_management_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:a700s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h300s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h500s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h700s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h300e_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h500e_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h700e_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h410s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:aff_8300_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:fas_8300_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:aff_8700_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:fas_8700_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:aff_a400_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:fabric-attached_storage_a400_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:a250_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:aff_500f_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netapp:fas_500f_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| OpenSSL · OpenSSL | affected Fixed in OpenSSL 3.0.3 (Affected 3.0.0,3.0.1,3.0.2) |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |