rustsec-2023-0009
Vulnerability from osv_rustsec
Published
2023-02-07 12:00
Modified
2023-06-13 13:10
Summary
Use-after-free following `BIO_new_NDEF`
Details

The public API function BIO_new_NDEF is a helper function used for streaming ASN.1 data via a BIO. It is primarily used internally to OpenSSL to support the SMIME, CMS and PKCS7 streaming capabilities, but may also be called directly by end user applications.

The function receives a BIO from the caller, prepends a new BIO_f_asn1 filter BIO onto the front of it to form a BIO chain, and then returns the new head of the BIO chain to the caller. Under certain conditions, for example if a CMS recipient public key is invalid, the new filter BIO is freed and the function returns a NULL result indicating a failure. However, in this case, the BIO chain is not properly cleaned up and the BIO passed by the caller still retains internal pointers to the previously freed filter BIO. If the caller then goes on to call BIO_pop() on the BIO then a use-after-free will occur. This will most likely result in a crash.

This scenario occurs directly in the internal function B64_write_ASN1() which may cause BIO_new_NDEF() to be called and will subsequently call BIO_pop() on the BIO. This internal function is in turn called by the public API functions PEM_write_bio_ASN1_stream, PEM_write_bio_CMS_stream, PEM_write_bio_PKCS7_stream, SMIME_write_ASN1, SMIME_write_CMS and SMIME_write_PKCS7.

Other public API functions that may be impacted by this include i2d_ASN1_bio_stream, BIO_new_CMS, BIO_new_PKCS7, i2d_CMS_bio_stream and i2d_PKCS7_bio_stream.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "categories": [
          "denial-of-service"
        ],
        "cvss": null,
        "informational": null
      },
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "affected_functions": null,
        "affects": {
          "arch": [],
          "functions": [],
          "os": []
        }
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "crates.io",
        "name": "openssl-src",
        "purl": "pkg:cargo/openssl-src"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0.0.0-0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "111.25.0"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "300.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "300.0.12"
            }
          ],
          "type": "SEMVER"
        }
      ],
      "versions": []
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-0215",
    "GHSA-r7jw-wp68-3xch"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "license": "CC0-1.0"
  },
  "details": "The public API function `BIO_new_NDEF` is a helper function used for streaming\nASN.1 data via a `BIO`. It is primarily used internally to OpenSSL to support the\nSMIME, CMS and PKCS7 streaming capabilities, but may also be called directly by\nend user applications.\n\nThe function receives a `BIO` from the caller, prepends a new `BIO_f_asn1` filter\n`BIO` onto the front of it to form a `BIO` chain, and then returns the new head of\nthe `BIO` chain to the caller. Under certain conditions, for example if a CMS\nrecipient public key is invalid, the new filter `BIO` is freed and the function\nreturns a `NULL` result indicating a failure. However, in this case, the `BIO` chain\nis not properly cleaned up and the `BIO` passed by the caller still retains\ninternal pointers to the previously freed filter `BIO`. If the caller then goes on\nto call `BIO_pop()` on the `BIO` then a use-after-free will occur. This will most\nlikely result in a crash.\n\nThis scenario occurs directly in the internal function `B64_write_ASN1()` which\nmay cause `BIO_new_NDEF()` to be called and will subsequently call `BIO_pop()` on\nthe `BIO`. This internal function is in turn called by the public API functions\n`PEM_write_bio_ASN1_stream`, `PEM_write_bio_CMS_stream`, `PEM_write_bio_PKCS7_stream`,\n`SMIME_write_ASN1`, `SMIME_write_CMS` and `SMIME_write_PKCS7`.\n\nOther public API functions that may be impacted by this include\n`i2d_ASN1_bio_stream`, `BIO_new_CMS`, `BIO_new_PKCS7`, `i2d_CMS_bio_stream` and\n`i2d_PKCS7_bio_stream`.",
  "id": "RUSTSEC-2023-0009",
  "modified": "2023-06-13T13:10:24Z",
  "published": "2023-02-07T12:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://crates.io/crates/openssl-src"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2023-0009.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20230207.txt"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "severity": [],
  "summary": "Use-after-free following `BIO_new_NDEF`"
}


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