Amazon Linux AMI update for openssl

Published: 2025-02-19

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2023-5678 CVE-2023-3817
CWE-ID	CWE-399
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	Amazon Linux AMI Operating systems & Components / Operating system openssl Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component
Vendor	Amazon Web Services

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU82894

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-5678

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within DH_generate_key() and DH_check_pub_key() functions. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages:

aarch64:
    openssl-snapsafe-libs-debuginfo-3.0.8-1.amzn2023.0.10.aarch64
    openssl-perl-3.0.8-1.amzn2023.0.10.aarch64
    openssl-snapsafe-libs-3.0.8-1.amzn2023.0.10.aarch64
    openssl-debuginfo-3.0.8-1.amzn2023.0.10.aarch64
    openssl-libs-3.0.8-1.amzn2023.0.10.aarch64
    openssl-libs-debuginfo-3.0.8-1.amzn2023.0.10.aarch64
    openssl-3.0.8-1.amzn2023.0.10.aarch64
    openssl-debugsource-3.0.8-1.amzn2023.0.10.aarch64
    openssl-devel-3.0.8-1.amzn2023.0.10.aarch64

src:
    openssl-3.0.8-1.amzn2023.0.10.src

x86_64:
    openssl-snapsafe-libs-debuginfo-3.0.8-1.amzn2023.0.10.x86_64
    openssl-perl-3.0.8-1.amzn2023.0.10.x86_64
    openssl-libs-3.0.8-1.amzn2023.0.10.x86_64
    openssl-libs-debuginfo-3.0.8-1.amzn2023.0.10.x86_64
    openssl-debuginfo-3.0.8-1.amzn2023.0.10.x86_64
    openssl-snapsafe-libs-3.0.8-1.amzn2023.0.10.x86_64
    openssl-3.0.8-1.amzn2023.0.10.x86_64
    openssl-debugsource-3.0.8-1.amzn2023.0.10.x86_64
    openssl-devel-3.0.8-1.amzn2023.0.10.x86_64

Vulnerable software versions

Amazon Linux AMI: All versions

openssl: before 3.0.8-1

CPE2.3

External links

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2023-443.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU78798

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3817