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Critical USN-7018-1 6 CVEs

openssl vulnerabilities

Published Sep 18, 2024 · Updated Jun 29, 2026

Summary

Robert Merget, Marcus Brinkmann, Nimrod Aviram, and Juraj Somorovsky
discovered that certain Diffie-Hellman ciphersuites in the TLS
specification and implemented by OpenSSL contained a flaw. A remote
attacker could possibly use this issue to eavesdrop on encrypted
communications. This was fixed in this update by removing the insecure
ciphersuites from OpenSSL. (CVE-2020-1968)

Paul Kehrer discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled certain input
lengths in EVP functions. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause OpenSSL to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2021-23840)

Elison Niven discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled the c_rehash
script. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary
commands when c_rehash is run. (CVE-2022-1292)

Chancen and Daniel Fiala discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled the
c_rehash script. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to execute
arbitrary commands when c_rehash is run. (CVE-2022-2068)

It was discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled excessively large
Diffie-Hellman parameters. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2023-3446)

Bahaa Naamneh discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled certain malformed
PKCS12 files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
OpenSSL to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2024-0727)

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · Pro 14.04 LTS Pro:14.04:LTS openssl 1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.27+esm10

Vulnerabilities 6

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • High 7.5
    CVE-2021-23840 Public exploit EPSS 51%

    Integer overflow in CipherUpdate

    Calls to EVP_CipherUpdate, EVP_EncryptUpdate and EVP_DecryptUpdate may overflow the output length argument in some cases where the input length is close to the maximum permissable length for an integer on the platform. In such cases the return value from the …

  • Medium 5.5

    PKCS12 Decoding crashes

    Issue summary: Processing a maliciously formatted PKCS12 file may lead OpenSSL to crash leading to a potential Denial of Service attack Impact summary: Applications loading files in the PKCS12 format from untrusted sources might terminate abruptly. A file in …

  • Medium 5.3

    Excessive time spent checking DH keys and parameters

    Issue summary: Checking excessively long DH keys or parameters may be very slow. Impact summary: Applications that use the functions DH_check(), DH_check_ex() or EVP_PKEY_param_check() to check a DH key or DH parameters may experience long delays. Where the k…

  • Low 3.7

    Raccoon attack

    The Raccoon attack exploits a flaw in the TLS specification which can lead to an attacker being able to compute the pre-master secret in connections which have used a Diffie-Hellman (DH) based ciphersuite. In such a case this would result in the attacker bein…

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-1968
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-23840
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1292
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2068
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-3446
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-0727