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Medium ALSA-2022:6224 5 CVEs

Moderate: openssl security and bug fix update

Published Aug 30, 2022 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Ecosystem: AlmaLinux

Summary

OpenSSL is a toolkit that implements the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols, as well as a full-strength general-purpose cryptography library.
Security Fix(es):
* openssl: c_rehash script allows command injection (CVE-2022-1292)
* openssl: Signer certificate verification returns inaccurate response when using OCSP_NOCHECKS (CVE-2022-1343)
* openssl: OPENSSL_LH_flush() breaks reuse of memory (CVE-2022-1473)
* openssl: the c_rehash script allows command injection (CVE-2022-2068)
* openssl: AES OCB fails to encrypt some bytes (CVE-2022-2097)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Bug Fix(es):
* openssl occasionally sends internal error to gnutls when using FFDHE (BZ#2080323)
* openssl req defaults to 3DES (BZ#2085499)
* OpenSSL accepts custom elliptic curve parameters when p is large [almalinux-9] (BZ#2085508)
* OpenSSL mustn't work with ECDSA with explicit curve parameters in FIPS mode (BZ#2085521)
* openssl s_server -groups secp256k1 in FIPS fails because X25519/X448 (BZ#2086554)
* Converting FIPS power-on self test to KAT (BZ#2086866)
* Small RSA keys work for some operations in FIPS mode (BZ#2091938)
* FIPS provider doesn't block RSA encryption for key transport (BZ#2091977)
* OpenSSL testsuite certificates expired (BZ#2095696)
* [IBM 9.1 HW OPT] POWER10 performance enhancements for cryptography: OpenSSL (BZ#2103044)
* [FIPS lab review] self-test (BZ#2112978)
* [FIPS lab review] DH tuning (BZ#2115856)
* [FIPS lab review] EC tuning (BZ#2115857)
* [FIPS lab review] RSA tuning (BZ#2115858)
* [FIPS lab review] RAND tuning (BZ#2115859)
* [FIPS lab review] zeroization (BZ#2115861)
* [FIPS lab review] HKDF limitations (BZ#2118388)

Fixed packages 4

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 9 openssl 1:3.0.1-41.el9_0
AlmaLinux · 9 openssl-devel 1:3.0.1-41.el9_0
AlmaLinux · 9 openssl-libs 1:3.0.1-41.el9_0
AlmaLinux · 9 openssl-perl 1:3.0.1-41.el9_0

Vulnerabilities 5

  • Critical 9.8
    CVE-2022-1292 Public exploit EPSS 83%

    The c_rehash script allows command injection

    The c_rehash script does not properly sanitise shell metacharacters to prevent command injection. This script is distributed by some operating systems in a manner where it is automatically executed. On such operating systems, an attacker could execute arbitra…

    OpenSSL OpenSSL openssl nodejs Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux
  • Critical 9.8
    CVE-2022-2068 EPSS 96%

    The c_rehash script allows command injection

    In addition to the c_rehash shell command injection identified in CVE-2022-1292, further circumstances where the c_rehash script does not properly sanitise shell metacharacters to prevent command injection were found by code review. When the CVE-2022-1292 was…

    OpenSSL OpenSSL openssl nodejs Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux
  • High 7.5
    CVE-2022-1473

    Resource leakage when decoding certificates and keys

    The OPENSSL_LH_flush() function, which empties a hash table, contains a bug that breaks reuse of the memory occuppied by the removed hash table entries. This function is used when decoding certificates or keys. If a long lived process periodically decodes cer…

    OpenSSL OpenSSL openssl openssl Ubuntu Alpine crates.io
  • High 7.5
    CVE-2022-2097 Public exploit

    AES OCB fails to encrypt some bytes

    AES OCB mode for 32-bit x86 platforms using the AES-NI assembly optimised implementation will not encrypt the entirety of the data under some circumstances. This could reveal sixteen bytes of data that was preexisting in the memory that wasn't written. In the…

    OpenSSL OpenSSL openssl nodejs Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux Alpine crates.io
  • Medium 5.3
    CVE-2022-1343

    OCSP_basic_verify may incorrectly verify the response signing certificate

    The function `OCSP_basic_verify` verifies the signer certificate on an OCSP response. In the case where the (non-default) flag OCSP_NOCHECKS is used then the response will be positive (meaning a successful verification) even in the case where the response sig…

    OpenSSL OpenSSL openssl openssl Ubuntu Alpine crates.io

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1292
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1343
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1473
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2068
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2097
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2081494
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2087911
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2087913
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2097310
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2104905
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2022-6224.html