Description
Crypt::OpenSSL::PKCS12 versions before 1.98 for Perl allow a NULL pointer dereference in print_attribute via a zero length BMPSTRING attribute.
print_attribute() sizes the destination buffer for a BMPSTRING attribute from its declared byte length with `Renew(*attribute, length, char)`. A zero length attribute makes that a zero size reallocation, which Perl implements as a free returning NULL, so the buffer pointer becomes NULL, the following `strncpy` copies nothing, and the caller dereferences NULL in the `strlen()` it passes to `newSVpvn()`. A zero length BMPSTRING is even length, so the ASN.1 decoder accepts it and the value reaches this code. The UTF8STRING, OCTET STRING and BIT STRING arms size on `length + 1` or `length * 4 + 1` and are unaffected.
Any caller that passes an untrusted PKCS#12 file to info_as_hash() can crash the process. info() prints attribute values directly without sizing a buffer and is unaffected.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| JONASBN | Crypt::OpenSSL::PKCS12 | < 1.98 | 1.98 |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | libcrypt-openssl-pkcs12-perl | 1.98-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | libcrypt-openssl-pkcs12-perl | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | libcrypt-openssl-pkcs12-perl | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | libcrypt-openssl-pkcs12-perl | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | libcrypt-openssl-pkcs12-perl | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | libcrypt-openssl-pkcs12-perl | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | libcrypt-openssl-pkcs12-perl | No fix yet | — |
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | libcrypt-openssl-pkcs12-perl | No fix yet | — |