Denial of service in OpenSSL POLY1305 MAC on Windows

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU80565

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-4807

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the POLY1305 MAC (message authentication code) implementation. A remote attacker can send specially crafted input to the application and corrupt MM registers on Windows 64 platform, resulting in a denial of service condition.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

OpenSSL: 1.1.1 - 3.1.2

External links

http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20230908.txt
http://github.com/openssl/openssl/releases/tag/OpenSSL_1_1_1w

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.