GHSA-MMRQ-6999-72V8

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:50 – Updated: 2023-07-24 20:06
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Summary
Ruby Openssl Allows Incorrect Value Comparison
Details

An issue was discovered in the OpenSSL library in Ruby when two OpenSSL::X509::Name objects are compared using ==, depending on the ordering, non-equal objects may return true. When the first argument is one character longer than the second, or the second argument contains a character that is one less than a character in the same position of the first argument, the result of == will be true. This could be leveraged to create an illegitimate certificate that may be accepted as legitimate and then used in signing or encryption operations.

Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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        "name": "openssl"
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    "github_reviewed_at": "2023-06-09T22:57:50Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2018-11-16T18:29:00Z",
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  },
  "details": "An issue was discovered in the OpenSSL library in Ruby when two `OpenSSL::X509::Name` objects are compared using `==`, depending on the ordering, non-equal objects may return true. When the first argument is one character longer than the second, or the second argument contains a character that is one less than a character in the same position of the first argument, the result of `==` will be true. This could be leveraged to create an illegitimate certificate that may be accepted as legitimate and then used in signing or encryption operations.",
  "id": "GHSA-mmrq-6999-72v8",
  "modified": "2023-07-24T20:06:51Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:50:20Z",
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      "url": "https://github.com/ruby/openssl/commit/f653cfa43f0f20e8c440122ea982382b6228e7f5"
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      "url": "https://hackerone.com/reports/387250"
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      "url": "https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/11/06/ruby-2-6-0-preview3-released"
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      "url": "https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/10/17/ruby-2-5-2-released"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4332"
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      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00020.html"
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      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2565"
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      "type": "WEB",
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3731"
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      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3730"
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      "type": "WEB",
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html"
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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  "summary": "Ruby Openssl Allows Incorrect Value Comparison"
}


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