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OpenSSL Releases Patch for 2 New High

The Hacker Newsby @TheHackersNews ()4 min read1 · 1 read
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Vulnerabilities mentioned

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2014-0160
Heartbleed: unauthenticated memory disclosure in OpenSSL TLS/DTLS heartbeat handling
—100%KEV—
KEV
CVE-2016-6309
statem/statem.c in OpenSSL 1.1.0a does not consider memory-block movement after a realloc call, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service…
9.870%
CVE-2022-3786
+1 related CVE
A buffer overrun can be triggered in X.509 certificate verification, specifically in name constraint checking
7.592%

From the original article

4 min read at thehackernews.com

The OpenSSL project has rolled out fixes to contain two high-severity flaws in its widely used cryptography library that could result in a denial-of-service (DoS) and remote code execution. The issues, tracked as CVE-2022-3602 and CVE-2022-3786 , have been described as buffer overrun vulnerabilities that can be triggered during X. 509 certificate verification by supplying a specially-crafted email address.

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