Bug 1224388 (CVE-2024-4603) - VUL-0: CVE-2024-4603: openssl-3: excessive time spent checking DSA keys and parameters
Summary: VUL-0: CVE-2024-4603: openssl-3: excessive time spent checking DSA keys and p...
Status: IN_PROGRESS
Alias: CVE-2024-4603
Product: SUSE Security Incidents
Classification: Novell Products
Component: Incidents (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other Other
: P3 - Medium : Normal
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Assignee: Security Team bot
QA Contact: Security Team bot
URL: https://smash.suse.de/issue/406062/
Whiteboard: CVSSv3.1:SUSE:CVE-2024-4603:5.3:(AV:N...
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Reported: 2024-05-16 17:34 UTC by SMASH SMASH
Modified: 2024-06-18 12:30 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Comment 2 Camila Camargo de Matos 2024-05-16 17:48:43 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
Comment 5 Otto Hollmann 2024-05-21 07:26:33 UTC
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.
Comment 6 Maintenance Automation 2024-05-27 16:30:08 UTC
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.
Comment 10 Maintenance Automation 2024-06-07 16:30:16 UTC
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.
Comment 11 Maintenance Automation 2024-06-18 12:30:09 UTC
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.