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ubuntu-cve-2022-3996
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2022-12-13 16:15
Modified
2026-04-22 07:41
Summary
Details

If an X.509 certificate contains a malformed policy constraint and policy processing is enabled, then a write lock will be taken twice recursively. On some operating systems (most widely: Windows) this results in a denial of service when the affected process hangs. Policy processing being enabled on a publicly facing server is not considered to be a common setup. Policy processing is enabled by passing the -policy' argument to the command line utilities or by calling theX509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_policies()' function. Update (31 March 2023): The description of the policy processing enablement was corrected based on CVE-2023-0466.

Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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          {
            "binary_name": "ovmf",
            "binary_version": "0~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.2+esm3"
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        "name": "edk2",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/edk2@0~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.2+esm3?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-apps/xenial"
      },
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        "0~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.2",
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        "0~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.2+esm3"
      ]
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      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libssl3",
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          },
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      },
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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "If an X.509 certificate contains a malformed policy constraint and policy processing is enabled, then a write lock will be taken twice recursively.  On some operating systems (most widely: Windows) this results in a denial of service when the affected process hangs.  Policy processing being enabled on a publicly facing server is not considered to be a common setup. Policy processing is enabled by passing the `-policy\u0027 argument to the command line utilities or by calling the `X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_policies()\u0027 function. Update (31 March 2023): The description of the policy processing enablement was corrected based on CVE-2023-0466.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3996",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:41:23Z",
  "published": "2022-12-13T16:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-3996"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20221213.txt"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6039-1"
    },
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2022-3996"
  ]
}



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