CVE-2024-0727

Issue summary: Processing a maliciously formatted PKCS12 file may lead OpenSSL
to crash leading to a potential Denial of Service attack

Impact summary: Applications loading files in the PKCS12 format from untrusted
sources might terminate abruptly.

A file in PKCS12 format can contain certificates and keys and may come from an
untrusted source. The PKCS12 specification allows certain fields to be NULL, but
OpenSSL does not correctly check for this case. This can lead to a NULL pointer
dereference that results in OpenSSL crashing. If an application processes PKCS12
files from an untrusted source using the OpenSSL APIs then that application will
be vulnerable to this issue.

OpenSSL APIs that are vulnerable to this are: PKCS12_parse(),
PKCS12_unpack_p7data(), PKCS12_unpack_p7encdata(), PKCS12_unpack_authsafes()
and PKCS12_newpass().

We have also fixed a similar issue in SMIME_write_PKCS7(). However since this
function is related to writing data we do not consider it security significant.

The FIPS modules in 3.2, 3.1 and 3.0 are not affected by this issue.

• https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/09df4395b5071217b76dc7d3d2e630eb8c5a79c2

  openssl-security@openssl.org Patch
• https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/775acfdbd0c6af9ac855f34969cdab0c0c90844a

  openssl-security@openssl.org Patch
• https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/d135eeab8a5dbf72b3da5240bab9ddb7678dbd2c

  openssl-security@openssl.org Patch
• https://github.openssl.org/openssl/extended-releases/commit/03b3941d60c4bce58fab69a0c22377ab439bc0e8

  openssl-security@openssl.org Patch
• https://github.openssl.org/openssl/extended-releases/commit/aebaa5883e31122b404e450732dc833dc9dee539

  openssl-security@openssl.org Patch
• https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20240125.txt

  openssl-security@openssl.org Vendor Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/11/1

  af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
• https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/09df4395b5071217b76dc7d3d2e630eb8c5a79c2

  af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 Patch
• https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/775acfdbd0c6af9ac855f34969cdab0c0c90844a

  af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 Patch
• https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/d135eeab8a5dbf72b3da5240bab9ddb7678dbd2c

  af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 Patch
• https://github.openssl.org/openssl/extended-releases/commit/03b3941d60c4bce58fab69a0c22377ab439bc0e8

  af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 Patch
• https://github.openssl.org/openssl/extended-releases/commit/aebaa5883e31122b404e450732dc833dc9dee539

  af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 Patch
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00033.html

  af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00000.html

  af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240208-0006/

  af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
• https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20240125.txt

  af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 Vendor Advisory