CVE-2023-2650

Issue summary: Processing some specially crafted ASN.1 object identifiers or
data containing them may be very slow.

Impact summary: Applications that use OBJ_obj2txt() directly, or use any of
the OpenSSL subsystems OCSP, PKCS7/SMIME, CMS, CMP/CRMF or TS with no message
size limit may experience notable to very long delays when processing those
messages, which may lead to a Denial of Service.

An OBJECT IDENTIFIER is composed of a series of numbers - sub-identifiers -
most of which have no size limit.  OBJ_obj2txt() may be used to translate
an ASN.1 OBJECT IDENTIFIER given in DER encoding form (using the OpenSSL
type ASN1_OBJECT) to its canonical numeric text form, which are the
sub-identifiers of the OBJECT IDENTIFIER in decimal form, separated by
periods.

When one of the sub-identifiers in the OBJECT IDENTIFIER is very large
(these are sizes that are seen as absurdly large, taking up tens or hundreds
of KiBs), the translation to a decimal number in text may take a very long
time.  The time complexity is O(n^2) with 'n' being the size of the
sub-identifiers in bytes (*).

With OpenSSL 3.0, support to fetch cryptographic algorithms using names /
identifiers in string form was introduced.  This includes using OBJECT
IDENTIFIERs in canonical numeric text form as identifiers for fetching
algorithms.

Such OBJECT IDENTIFIERs may be received through the ASN.1 structure
AlgorithmIdentifier, which is commonly used in multiple protocols to specify
what cryptographic algorithm should be used to sign or verify, encrypt or
decrypt, or digest passed data.

Applications that call OBJ_obj2txt() directly with untrusted data are
affected, with any version of OpenSSL.  If the use is for the mere purpose
of display, the severity is considered low.

In OpenSSL 3.0 and newer, this affects the subsystems OCSP, PKCS7/SMIME,
CMS, CMP/CRMF or TS.  It also impacts anything that processes X.509
certificates, including simple things like verifying its signature.

The impact on TLS is relatively low, because all versions of OpenSSL have a
100KiB limit on the peer's certificate chain.  Additionally, this only
impacts clients, or servers that have explicitly enabled client
authentication.

In OpenSSL 1.1.1 and 1.0.2, this only affects displaying diverse objects,
such as X.509 certificates.  This is assumed to not happen in such a way
that it would cause a Denial of Service, so these versions are considered
not affected by this issue in such a way that it would be cause for concern,
and the severity is therefore considered low.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
6.5 MEDIUM
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
opensslCNA
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CVEADP
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CISA-ADPADP
6.5 MEDIUM
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 99%
VendorProductVersion
opensslopenssl
1.0.2 ≤
𝑥
< 1.0.2zh
opensslopenssl
1.1.1 ≤
𝑥
< 1.1.1u
opensslopenssl
3.0.0 ≤
𝑥
< 3.0.9
opensslopenssl
3.1.0 ≤
𝑥
< 3.1.1
debiandebian_linux
10.0
debiandebian_linux
11.0
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
openssl
bullseye
1.1.1w-0+deb11u1
fixed
bullseye (security)
1.1.1w-0+deb11u2
fixed
bookworm
3.0.15-1~deb12u1
fixed
bookworm (security)
3.0.14-1~deb12u2
fixed
sid
3.3.2-2
fixed
trixie
3.3.2-2
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
edk2
oracular
not-affected
noble
not-affected
mantic
ignored
lunar
ignored
kinetic
ignored
jammy
needed
focal
needed
bionic
needs-triage
xenial
needs-triage
trusty
ignored
nodejs
oracular
not-affected
noble
not-affected
mantic
not-affected
lunar
not-affected
kinetic
not-affected
jammy
Fixed 12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.4
released
focal
not-affected
bionic
not-affected
xenial
not-affected
trusty
not-affected
openssl
oracular
Fixed 3.0.8-1ubuntu3
released
noble
Fixed 3.0.8-1ubuntu3
released
mantic
Fixed 3.0.8-1ubuntu3
released
lunar
Fixed 3.0.8-1ubuntu1.2
released
kinetic
Fixed 3.0.5-2ubuntu2.3
released
jammy
Fixed 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.10
released
focal
Fixed 1.1.1f-1ubuntu2.19
released
bionic
Fixed 1.1.1-1ubuntu2.1~18.04.23
released
xenial
Fixed 1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.20+esm9
released
trusty
Fixed 1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.27+esm9
released
openssl1.0
oracular
dne
noble
dne
mantic
dne
lunar
dne
kinetic
dne
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
Fixed 1.0.2n-1ubuntu5.13
released
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
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