Resource management error in OpenSSL - CVE-2024-4603
Published: May 17, 2024 / Updated: February 5, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU89624
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-4603
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: OpenSSL Software Foundation
Affected software:
OpenSSL
OpenSSL
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the application when checking DSA keys and parameters. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-4603
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Sources
- https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20240516.txt
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/3559e868e58005d15c6013a0c1fd832e51c73397
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/9c39b3858091c152f52513c066ff2c5a47969f0d
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/da343d0605c826ef197aceedc67e8e04f065f740
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/53ea06486d296b890d565fb971b2764fcd826e7e