CVE-2022-23491
Public on 2022-12-07
Modified on 2024-02-13
Description
Certifi is a curated collection of Root Certificates for validating the trustworthiness of SSL certificates while verifying the identity of TLS hosts. Certifi 2022.12.07 removes root certificates from "TrustCor" from the root store. These are in the process of being removed from Mozilla's trust store. TrustCor's root certificates are being removed pursuant to an investigation prompted by media reporting that TrustCor's ownership also operated a business that produced spyware. Conclusions of Mozilla's investigation can be found in the linked google group discussion.
Severity
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Amazon Linux 1 | ca-certificates | 2023-02-17 | ALAS-2023-1690 | Fixed |
Amazon Linux 2 - Core | ca-certificates | 2023-02-17 | ALAS2-2023-1957 | Fixed |
Amazon Linux 2023 | ca-certificates | 2023-02-17 | ALAS2023-2023-061 | Fixed |
Amazon Linux 2023 | python-certifi | 2023-02-17 | ALAS2023-2023-062 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
Score Type | Score | Vector | |
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Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
NVD | CVSSv3 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |