Improper Certificate Validation in MatrixSSL - CVE-2017-1000417
Published: January 23, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU37615
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1000417
CWE-ID: CWE-295
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.
MatrixSSL version 3.7.2 adopts a collision-prone OID comparison logic resulting in possible spoofing of OIDs (e.g. in ExtKeyUsage extension) on X.509 certificates.
Affected software
MatrixSSL
How to mitigate CVE-2017-1000417
Install update from vendor's website.