CVE-2017-8301

medium

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.

References

https://trac.nginx.org/nginx/ticket/1257

https://github.com/libressl-portable/portable/issues/307

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98076

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q2/145

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-04-27

Updated: 2019-10-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium