CVE-2022-1473

libssl3t64: The OPENSSL_LH_flush() function, which empties a hash table, contains a bugthat breaks reuse of the memory occuppied...

CVE-2022-1473 is fixed in 9 products on 1 platform, first by libssl3 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.1, released May 2, 2022. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.5
Low
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0468
91st percentile

The OPENSSL_LH_flush() function, which empties a hash table, contains a bugthat breaks reuse of the memory occuppied by the removed hash tableentries. This function is used when decoding certificates or keys. If along lived process periodically decodes certificates or keys its memoryusage will expand without bounds and the process might be terminated by theoperating system causing a denial of service. Also traversing the emptyhash table entries will take increasingly more time. Typically such longlived processes might be TLS clients or TLS servers configured to acceptclient certificate authentication. The function was added in the OpenSSL3.0 version thus older releases are not affected by the issue. Fixed inOpenSSL 3.0.3 (Affected 3.0.0,3.0.1,3.0.2).

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
libssl3 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.1 libssl3 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.1 May 2, 2022
libssl3t64 · Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) 3.0.2-0ubuntu2 libssl3t64 3.0.2-0ubuntu2 May 3, 2022
libssl3t64 · Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky) 3.0.2-0ubuntu2 libssl3t64 3.0.2-0ubuntu2 May 3, 2022
openssl · RHEL 9 1:3.0.1-41.el9_0 RHSA-2022:6224 Aug 30, 2022
openssl · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.1 openssl 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.1 May 2, 2022
openssl · Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) 3.0.2-0ubuntu2 openssl 3.0.2-0ubuntu2 May 3, 2022
openssl · Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky) 3.0.2-0ubuntu2 openssl 3.0.2-0ubuntu2 May 3, 2022
openssl · almalinux 9 1:3.0.1-41.el9_0 ALSA-2022:6224 Aug 30, 2022
openssl · amzn 2023 1:3.0.5-1.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2023-051 Feb 17, 2023
openssl · ol 9 2:3.0.1-41.0.1.ksplice1.el9_0 ELSA-2022-9751 Aug 31, 2022
openssl-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:3.0.5-1.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2023-051 Feb 17, 2023
openssl-debugsource · amzn 2023 1:3.0.5-1.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2023-051 Feb 17, 2023
openssl-devel · RHEL 9 1:3.0.1-41.el9_0 RHSA-2022:6224 Aug 30, 2022
openssl-devel · almalinux 9 1:3.0.1-41.el9_0 ALSA-2022:6224 Aug 30, 2022
openssl-devel · amzn 2023 1:3.0.5-1.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2023-051 Feb 17, 2023
openssl-devel · ol 9 2:3.0.1-41.0.1.ksplice1.el9_0 ELSA-2022-9751 Aug 31, 2022
openssl-libs · RHEL 9 1:3.0.1-41.el9_0 RHSA-2022:6224 Aug 30, 2022
openssl-libs · almalinux 9 1:3.0.1-41.el9_0 ALSA-2022:6224 Aug 30, 2022
openssl-libs · amzn 2023 1:3.0.5-1.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2023-051 Feb 17, 2023
openssl-libs · ol 9 2:3.0.1-41.0.1.ksplice1.el9_0 ELSA-2022-9751 Aug 31, 2022
openssl-libs-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:3.0.5-1.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2023-051 Feb 17, 2023
openssl-perl · RHEL 9 1:3.0.1-41.el9_0 RHSA-2022:6224 Aug 30, 2022
openssl-perl · almalinux 9 1:3.0.1-41.el9_0 ALSA-2022:6224 Aug 30, 2022
openssl-perl · amzn 2023 1:3.0.5-1.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2023-051 Feb 17, 2023
openssl-perl · ol 9 2:3.0.1-41.0.1.ksplice1.el9_0 ELSA-2022-9751 Aug 31, 2022

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