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crypto_openssl.c: disable explicit initialization on Windows (CVE-2121-3606)
authorLev Stipakov <lev@openvpn.net>
Thu, 17 Jun 2021 06:12:26 +0000 (09:12 +0300)
committerGert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de>
Thu, 17 Jun 2021 08:39:29 +0000 (10:39 +0200)
commitabd5ee9b7dc4ba85438da5d16bb7dfb31714dac7
tree19a08fb2c8488e4e48a116f6e0e1b44f2c626135
parent063d55afeea723fc6df0af29a19df257a8ab6920
crypto_openssl.c: disable explicit initialization on Windows (CVE-2121-3606)

Commit a4071b ("crypto_openssl: add initialization to pick up local
configuration") added openssl initialization to load configuration
file.  However on Windows this file is loaded from user-writable
directory, such as c:\etc\ssl for mingw builds and (for example)
c:\vcpkg\packages\openssl_x64-windows\openvpn.cnf for vcpkg
builds.  This could be a security risk.

CVE-2121-3606 has been assigned to acknowledge this risk.

Since aforementioned commit implements a niche feature which might
be better solved with CryptoAPI on Windows, make this code conditional
(for now).

CVE: 2121-3606
Signed-off-by: Lev Stipakov <lev@openvpn.net>
Acked-by: Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de>
Message-Id: <20210617061226.244-1-lstipakov@gmail.com>
URL: https://www.mail-archive.com/openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg22568.html
Signed-off-by: Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de>
src/openvpn/crypto_openssl.c