Updated CHANGES and NEWS for CVE-2024-6119 fix

Reviewed-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.org>
(cherry picked from commit cf384d35aa7142cc3b5de19f64d3972e77d3ff74)

diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index e71e8783e9fc3231d678fe275b240391d802fc87..90ecaa0921b02bb38b35b3931aefa3917ced2688 100644 (file)
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -24,7 +24,17 @@ OpenSSL 3.1
 
 ### Changes between 3.1.6 and 3.1.7 [xx XXX xxxx]
 
- * none yet
+ * Fixed possible denial of service in X.509 name checks.
+
+   Applications performing certificate name checks (e.g., TLS clients checking
+   server certificates) may attempt to read an invalid memory address when
+   comparing the expected name with an `otherName` subject alternative name of
+   an X.509 certificate. This may result in an exception that terminates the
+   application program.
+
+   [(CVE-2024-6119)]
+
+   *Viktor Dukhovni*
 
 ### Changes between 3.1.5 and 3.1.6 [4 Jun 2024]
 
@@ -20026,6 +20036,7 @@ ndif
 
 <!-- Links -->
 
+[CVE-2024-6119]: https://www.openssl.org/news/vulnerabilities.html#CVE-2024-6119
 [CVE-2024-4741]: https://www.openssl.org/news/vulnerabilities.html#CVE-2024-4741
 [CVE-2024-4603]: https://www.openssl.org/news/vulnerabilities.html#CVE-2024-4603
 [CVE-2024-2511]: https://www.openssl.org/news/vulnerabilities.html#CVE-2024-2511

diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ OpenSSL 3.1
 
 ### Major changes between OpenSSL 3.1.6 and OpenSSL 3.1.7 [under development]
 
-  * none
+OpenSSL 3.3.2 is a security patch release. The most severe CVE fixed in this
+release is Moderate.
+
+  * Fixed possible denial of service in X.509 name checks [(CVE-2024-6119)].
 
 ### Major changes between OpenSSL 3.1.5 and OpenSSL 3.1.6 [4 Jun 2024]
 
@@ -1502,6 +1505,7 @@ OpenSSL 0.9.x
 
 <!-- Links -->
 
+[CVE-2024-6119]: https://www.openssl.org/news/vulnerabilities.html#CVE-2024-6119
 [CVE-2024-4741]: https://www.openssl.org/news/vulnerabilities.html#CVE-2024-4741
 [CVE-2024-4603]: https://www.openssl.org/news/vulnerabilities.html#CVE-2024-4603
 [CVE-2024-2511]: https://www.openssl.org/news/vulnerabilities.html#CVE-2024-2511