Update CHANGES and NEWS for security release

Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>
(cherry picked from commit f86bfcc4e0408a5a1abaeb04463b27264eb94063)

diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
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--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -27,6 +27,17 @@ OpenSSL 3.2
 
 ### Changes between 3.2.3 and 3.2.4 [xx XXX xxxx]
 
+ * Fixed RFC7250 handshakes with unauthenticated servers don't abort as expected.
+
+   Clients using RFC7250 Raw Public Keys (RPKs) to authenticate a
+   server may fail to notice that the server was not authenticated, because
+   handshakes don't abort as expected when the SSL_VERIFY_PEER verification mode
+   is set.
+
+   ([CVE-2024-12797])
+
+   *Viktor Dukhovni*
+
  * Fixed timing side-channel in ECDSA signature computation.
 
    There is a timing signal of around 300 nanoseconds when the top word of

diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 9561d02886076f4b56ac67461c96009ee594e413..9f2f6e19c336a1c20567ca9eff6804a20099ec09 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -23,10 +23,13 @@ OpenSSL 3.2
 ### Major changes between OpenSSL 3.2.3 and OpenSSL 3.2.4 [under development]
 
 OpenSSL 3.2.4 is a security patch release. The most severe CVE fixed in this
-release is Low.
+release is High.
 
 This release incorporates the following bug fixes and mitigations:
 
+  * Fixed RFC7250 handshakes with unauthenticated servers don't abort as expected.
+    ([CVE-2024-12797])
+
   * Fixed timing side-channel in ECDSA signature computation.
     ([CVE-2024-13176])