From 056abdc03f0f84cba8d7fcd994810b50036b01fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tomas Mraz Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 13:51:37 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add CHANGES.md and NEWS.md entries for CVE-2024-9143 Reviewed-by: Tom Cosgrove Reviewed-by: Viktor Dukhovni Reviewed-by: Bernd Edlinger (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/25734) (cherry picked from commit 233034bc5a294b26d37186dc68d7d6d8357d889a) --- CHANGES.md | 17 ++++++++++++++++- NEWS.md | 10 +++++++++- 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md index bec37d7fe68..44ed32d0fdf 100644 --- a/CHANGES.md +++ b/CHANGES.md @@ -24,7 +24,21 @@ OpenSSL 3.1 ### Changes between 3.1.7 and 3.1.8 [xx XXX xxxx] - * none yet + * Fixed possible OOB memory access with invalid low-level GF(2^m) elliptic + curve parameters. + + Use of the low-level GF(2^m) elliptic curve APIs with untrusted + explicit values for the field polynomial can lead to out-of-bounds memory + reads or writes. + Applications working with "exotic" explicit binary (GF(2^m)) curve + parameters, that make it possible to represent invalid field polynomials + with a zero constant term, via the above or similar APIs, may terminate + abruptly as a result of reading or writing outside of array bounds. Remote + code execution cannot easily be ruled out. + + ([CVE-2024-9143]) + + *Viktor Dukhovni* ### Changes between 3.1.6 and 3.1.7 [3 Sep 2024] @@ -20050,6 +20064,7 @@ ndif +[CVE-2024-9143]: https://www.openssl.org/news/vulnerabilities.html#CVE-2024-9143 [CVE-2024-6119]: https://www.openssl.org/news/vulnerabilities.html#CVE-2024-6119 [CVE-2024-5535]: https://www.openssl.org/news/vulnerabilities.html#CVE-2024-5535 [CVE-2024-4741]: https://www.openssl.org/news/vulnerabilities.html#CVE-2024-4741 diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md index 92d7aa975a7..f6ede0b4e16 100644 --- a/NEWS.md +++ b/NEWS.md @@ -21,7 +21,14 @@ OpenSSL 3.1 ### Major changes between OpenSSL 3.1.7 and OpenSSL 3.1.8 [under development] - * none +OpenSSL 3.3.3 is a security patch release. The most severe CVE fixed in this +release is Low. + +This release incorporates the following bug fixes and mitigations: + + * Fixed possible OOB memory access with invalid low-level GF(2^m) elliptic + curve parameters. + ([CVE-2024-9143]) ### Major changes between OpenSSL 3.1.6 and OpenSSL 3.1.7 [3 Sep 2024] @@ -1515,6 +1522,7 @@ OpenSSL 0.9.x +[CVE-2024-9143]: https://www.openssl.org/news/vulnerabilities.html#CVE-2024-9143 [CVE-2024-6119]: https://www.openssl.org/news/vulnerabilities.html#CVE-2024-6119 [CVE-2024-5535]: https://www.openssl.org/news/vulnerabilities.html#CVE-2024-5535 [CVE-2024-4741]: https://www.openssl.org/news/vulnerabilities.html#CVE-2024-4741 -- 2.47.2