#VU107895 Use-after-free in rust-openssl - CVE-2025-3416
Published: April 24, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU107895
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-3416
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
rust-openssl
rust-openssl
Software vendor:
Steven Fackler
Steven Fackler
Description
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 updates from vendor's website.
External links
- 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