SB2025042401 - Denial of service in rust-openssl
Published: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2025042401
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-3416)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in openssl::cipher::Cipher::fetch. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-3416
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2357560
- https://github.com/sfackler/rust-openssl
- https://github.com/sfackler/rust-openssl/commit/87085bd67896b7f92e6de35d081f607a334beae4
- https://github.com/sfackler/rust-openssl/pull/2390
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2025-0022.html