CVE-2021-23840
Public on 2021-02-16
Modified on 2021-03-19
Description
Calls to EVP_CipherUpdate, EVP_EncryptUpdate and EVP_DecryptUpdate may overflow the output length argument in some cases where the input length is close to the maximum permissible length for an integer on the platform. In such cases the return value from the function call will be 1 (indicating success), but the output length value will be negative. This could cause applications to behave incorrectly or crash.
Severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | edk2 | 2024-03-13 | ALAS2-2024-2502 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | openssl | 2021-02-23 | ALAS-2021-1482 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | openssl | 2021-02-19 | ALAS2-2021-1608 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | openssl11 | 2021-03-18 | ALAS2-2021-1612 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |