Vulnerability CVE-2017-8301


Published: 2017-04-27   Modified: 2017-04-28

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-295

(Certificate Issues)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.6/10
2.9/10
4.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
High
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Openbsd -> Libressl 

 References:
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q2/145
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98076
https://github.com/libressl-portable/portable/issues/307
https://trac.nginx.org/nginx/ticket/1257

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