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Alpine: openssl: security update to 3.0.7-r0
high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 406119
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:- A buffer overrun can be triggered in X.509 certificate verification, specifically in name constraint
checking. Note that this occurs after certificate chain signature verification and requires either a CA to
have signed the malicious certificate or for the application to continue certificate verification despite
failure to construct a path to a trusted issuer. An attacker can craft a malicious email address to
overflow four attacker-controlled bytes on the stack. This buffer overflow could result in a crash
(causing a denial of service) or potentially remote code execution. Many platforms implement stack
overflow protections which would mitigate against the risk of remote code execution. The risk may be
further mitigated based on stack layout for any given platform/compiler. Pre-announcements of
CVE-2022-3602 described this issue as CRITICAL. Further analysis based on some of the mitigating factors
described above have led this to be downgraded to HIGH. Users are still encouraged to upgrade to a new
version as soon as possible. In a TLS client, this can be triggered by connecting to a malicious server.
In a TLS server, this can be triggered if the server requests client authentication and a malicious client
connects. Fixed in OpenSSL 3.0.7 (Affected 3.0.0,3.0.1,3.0.2,3.0.3,3.0.4,3.0.5,3.0.6). (CVE-2022-3602)
- A buffer overrun can be triggered in X.509 certificate verification, specifically in name constraint
checking. Note that this occurs after certificate chain signature verification and requires either a CA to
have signed a malicious certificate or for an application to continue certificate verification despite
failure to construct a path to a trusted issuer. An attacker can craft a malicious email address in a
certificate to overflow an arbitrary number of bytes containing the `.' character (decimal 46) on the
stack. This buffer overflow could result in a crash (causing a denial of service). In a TLS client, this
can be triggered by connecting to a malicious server. In a TLS server, this can be triggered if the server
requests client authentication and a malicious client connects. (CVE-2022-3786)
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Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 406119
Version: Revision 1.34
Type: Local
Published: 10/31/2023
Updated: 12/23/2025
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5
Percentile: 94.27
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 5.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-3786
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/28/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-3602, CVE-2022-3786
IAVA: 2022-A-0452-S