Bugzilla – Bug 1224388
VUL-0: CVE-2024-4603: openssl-3: excessive time spent checking DSA keys and parameters
Last modified: 2024-06-18 12:30:09 UTC
Issue summary: Checking excessively long DSA keys or parameters may be very slow. Impact summary: Applications that use the functions EVP_PKEY_param_check() or EVP_PKEY_public_check() to check a DSA public key or DSA parameters may experience long delays. Where the key or parameters that are being checked have been obtained from an untrusted source this may lead to a Denial of Service. The functions EVP_PKEY_param_check() or EVP_PKEY_public_check() perform various checks on DSA parameters. Some of those computations take a long time if the modulus ("p" parameter) is too large. Trying to use a very large modulus is slow and OpenSSL will not allow using public keys with a modulus which is over 10,000 bits in length for signature verification. However the key and parameter check functions do not limit the modulus size when performing the checks. An application that calls EVP_PKEY_param_check() or EVP_PKEY_public_check() and supplies a key or parameters obtained from an untrusted source could be vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack. These functions are not called by OpenSSL itself on untrusted DSA keys so only applications that directly call these functions may be vulnerable. Also vulnerable are the OpenSSL pkey and pkeyparam command line applications when using the "-check" option. The OpenSSL SSL/TLS implementation is not affected by this issue. The OpenSSL 3.0 and 3.1 FIPS providers are affected by this issue. OpenSSL 3.3, 3.2, 3.1 and 3.0 are vulnerable to this issue. OpenSSL 1.1.1 and 1.0.2 are not affected by this issue. References: http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2024-4603 https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2024/q2/244
Fixes are available at: https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/3559e868 (3.0) https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/9c39b385 (3.1) https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/da343d06 (3.2) https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/53ea0648 (3.3) (as per the upstream advisory [0]) [0] https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20240516.txt
Submitted: > Codestream Package Request > --OpenSSL 3.x.x--------------------------------------------------------------------- > SUSE:SLE-15-SP6:GA openssl-3 https://build.suse.de/request/show/331341 > SUSE:SLE-15-SP5:Update openssl-3 https://build.suse.de/request/show/331343 > SUSE:SLE-15-SP4:Update openssl-3 https://build.suse.de/request/show/331344 > SUSE:SLFO:Main openssl-3 https://build.suse.de/request/show/331342 > openSUSE:Factory openssl-3 https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1175444 Assigning back to security team.
SUSE-SU-2024:1789-1: An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed. Category: security (moderate) Bug References: 1224388 CVE References: CVE-2024-4603 Maintenance Incident: [SUSE:Maintenance:33983](https://smelt.suse.de/incident/33983/) Sources used: openSUSE Leap 15.5 (src): openssl-3-3.0.8-150500.5.33.1 Basesystem Module 15-SP5 (src): openssl-3-3.0.8-150500.5.33.1 NOTE: This line indicates an update has been released for the listed product(s). At times this might be only a partial fix. If you have questions please reach out to maintenance coordination.
SUSE-SU-2024:1947-1: An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed. Category: security (moderate) Bug References: 1222548, 1224388 CVE References: CVE-2024-2511, CVE-2024-4603 Maintenance Incident: [SUSE:Maintenance:33737](https://smelt.suse.de/incident/33737/) Sources used: SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 (src): openssl-3-3.0.8-150400.4.54.1 SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 (src): openssl-3-3.0.8-150400.4.54.1 SUSE Manager Server 4.3 (src): openssl-3-3.0.8-150400.4.54.1 openSUSE Leap 15.4 (src): openssl-3-3.0.8-150400.4.54.1 openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 (src): openssl-3-3.0.8-150400.4.54.1 openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 (src): openssl-3-3.0.8-150400.4.54.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (src): openssl-3-3.0.8-150400.4.54.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (src): openssl-3-3.0.8-150400.4.54.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 (src): openssl-3-3.0.8-150400.4.54.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 (src): openssl-3-3.0.8-150400.4.54.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 (src): openssl-3-3.0.8-150400.4.54.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 (src): openssl-3-3.0.8-150400.4.54.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 LTSS 15-SP4 (src): openssl-3-3.0.8-150400.4.54.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS 15-SP4 (src): openssl-3-3.0.8-150400.4.54.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 (src): openssl-3-3.0.8-150400.4.54.1 NOTE: This line indicates an update has been released for the listed product(s). At times this might be only a partial fix. If you have questions please reach out to maintenance coordination.
SUSE-SU-2024:2066-1: An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has two security fixes can now be installed. Category: security (important) Bug References: 1223428, 1224388, 1225291, 1225551 CVE References: CVE-2024-4603, CVE-2024-4741 Maintenance Incident: [SUSE:Maintenance:34167](https://smelt.suse.de/incident/34167/) Sources used: openSUSE Leap 15.6 (src): openssl-3-3.1.4-150600.5.7.1 Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (src): openssl-3-3.1.4-150600.5.7.1 NOTE: This line indicates an update has been released for the listed product(s). At times this might be only a partial fix. If you have questions please reach out to maintenance coordination.