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GHSA-857q-xmph-p2v5 json

s2n-tls's mTLS API ordering may skip client authentication

published 2y ago modified 2mo ago

cvss
4.8
version 3.1, GitHub
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
—
no score, EPSS covers CVEs only
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

### Impact

An API ordering issue in s2n-tls can cause client authentication to unexpectedly not be enabled on the server when it otherwise appears to be. Server applications are impacted if client authentication is enabled by calling s2n_connection_set_config() before calling s2n_connection_set_client_auth_type().

Applications are not impacted if these APIs are called in the opposite order, or if client authentication is enabled on the config with s2n_config_set_client_auth_type(). s2n-tls clients verifying server certificates are not impacted.

Impacted versions: < v1.5.0.

### Patches

The patch is included in v1.5.0 [1].

### Workarounds

Applications can workaround this issue by calling s2n_connection_set_config() after calling s2n_connection_set_client_auth_type(), or by enabling client authentication on the config with s2n_config_set_client_auth_type().

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory we ask that you contact AWS/Amazon Security via our vulnerability reporting page [2] or directly via email to [aws-security@amazon.com](mailto:aws-security@amazon.com). Please do not create a public GitHub issue.

[1] https://github.com/aws/s2n-tls/releases/tag/v1.5.0

[2] https://aws.amazon.com/security/vulnerability-reporting

Patch / fix

  • crates.io s2n-tls 0.3.0

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CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
GitHub 3.1 4.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
crates.io s2n-tls
<0.3.0
0.3.0

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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