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Chainguard: libcrypto3, multiple openssl packages: security update to 3.1.1-r4

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 477861

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Issue summary: Checking excessively long DH keys or parameters may be very slow. Impact summary:
 Applications that use the functions DH_check(), DH_check_ex() or EVP_PKEY_param_check() to check a DH key
 or DH parameters may experience long delays. Where the key or parameters that are being checked have been
 obtained from an untrusted source this may lead to a Denial of Service. The function DH_check() performs
 various checks on DH parameters. After fixing CVE-2023-3446 it was discovered that a large q parameter
 value can also trigger an overly long computation during some of these checks. A correct q value, if
 present, cannot be larger than the modulus p parameter, thus it is unnecessary to perform these checks if
 q is larger than p. An application that calls DH_check() and supplies a key or parameters obtained from an
 untrusted source could be vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack. The function DH_check() is itself
 called by a number of other OpenSSL functions. An application calling any of those other functions may
 similarly be affected. The other functions affected by this are DH_check_ex() and EVP_PKEY_param_check().
 Also vulnerable are the OpenSSL dhparam and pkeyparam command line applications when using the "-check"
 option. The OpenSSL SSL/TLS implementation is not affected by this issue. The OpenSSL 3.0 and 3.1 FIPS
 providers are not affected by this issue. (CVE-2023-3817)

Solution

Update the libcrypto3 library and its related packages to version 3.1.1-r4 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 477861

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/29/2026

Updated: 10/29/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.2

Percentile: 50.41

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-3817

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/7/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-3817

IAVA: 2023-A-0398-S