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CVE-2023-1255: Out-of-bounds Read

April 20, 2023 (updated September 8, 2023)

Issue summary: The AES-XTS cipher decryption implementation for 64 bit ARM platform contains a bug that could cause it to read past the input buffer, leading to a crash.

Impact summary: Applications that use the AES-XTS algorithm on the 64 bit ARM platform can crash in rare circumstances. The AES-XTS algorithm is usually used for disk encryption.

The AES-XTS cipher decryption implementation for 64 bit ARM platform will read past the end of the ciphertext buffer if the ciphertext size is 4 mod 5 in 16 byte blocks, e.g. 144 bytes or 1024 bytes. If the memory after the ciphertext buffer is unmapped, this will trigger a crash which results in a denial of service.

If an attacker can control the size and location of the ciphertext buffer being decrypted by an application using AES-XTS on 64 bit ARM, the application is affected. This is fairly unlikely making this issue a Low severity one.

References

  • git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=commitdiff;h=02ac9c9420275868472f33b01def01218742b8bb
  • git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=commitdiff;h=bc2f61ad70971869b242fc1cb445b98bad50074a
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1255
  • www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20230419.txt

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 3.0.0 before 3.0.9, all versions starting from 3.1.0 before 3.1.1

Fixed versions

  • 3.0.9
  • 3.1.1

Solution

Upgrade to versions 3.0.9, 3.1.1 or above.

Impact 5.9 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read

Source file

conan/openssl/CVE-2023-1255.yml

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