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GHSA-9qwg-crg9-m2vc json

`openssl` `SubjectAlternativeName` and `ExtendedKeyUsage::other` allow arbitrary file read

published 3y ago modified 3y ago also RUSTSEC-2023-0023

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Summary

`SubjectAlternativeName` and `ExtendedKeyUsage` arguments were parsed using the OpenSSL function `X509V3_EXT_nconf`. This function parses all input using an OpenSSL mini-language which can perform arbitrary file reads.

Thanks to David Benjamin (Google) for reporting this issue.

Patch / fix

  • crates.io openssl 0.10.48

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Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
crates.io openssl
>=0.9.7, <0.10.48
>=0.0.0-0, <0.10.48
0.10.48

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