CVE-2022-3358

libssl3t64: OpenSSL supports creating a custom cipher via the legacyEVP_CIPHER_meth_new() function and associated function calls

CVE-2022-3358 is fixed in 9 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3358, released October 11, 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
0.0404
90th percentile

OpenSSL supports creating a custom cipher via the legacyEVP_CIPHER_meth_new() function and associated function calls. This functionwas deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0 and application authors are insteadencouraged to use the new provider mechanism in order to implement customciphers. OpenSSL versions 3.0.0 to 3.0.5 incorrectly handle legacy customciphers passed to the EVP_EncryptInit_ex2(), EVP_DecryptInit_ex2() andEVP_CipherInit_ex2() functions (as well as other similarly named encryptionand decryption initialisation functions). Instead of using the customcipher directly it incorrectly tries to fetch an equivalent cipher from theavailable providers. An equivalent cipher is found based on the NID passedto EVP_CIPHER_meth_new(). This NID is supposed to represent the unique NIDfor a given cipher. However it is possible for an application toincorrectly pass NID_undef as this value in the call toEVP_CIPHER_meth_new(). When NID_undef is used in this way the OpenSSLencryption/decryption initialisation function will match the NULL cipher asbeing equivalent and will fetch this from the available providers. Thiswill succeed if the default provider has been loaded (or if a third partyprovider has been loaded that offers this cipher). Using the NULL ciphermeans that the plaintext is emitted as the ciphertext. Applications areonly affected by this issue if they call EVP_CIPHER_meth_new() usingNID_undef and subsequently use it in a call to an encryption/decryptioninitialisation function. Applications that only use SSL/TLS are notimpacted by this issue. Fixed in OpenSSL 3.0.6 (Affected 3.0.0-3.0.5).

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
libssl3 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.7 libssl3 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.7 Oct 31, 2022
libssl3t64 · Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) 3.0.5-2ubuntu2 libssl3t64 3.0.5-2ubuntu2 Nov 1, 2022
libssl3t64 · Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky) 3.0.5-2ubuntu2 libssl3t64 3.0.5-2ubuntu2 Nov 1, 2022
openssl · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 3.0.7-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3358 Oct 11, 2022
openssl · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 3.0.7-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3358 Oct 11, 2022
openssl · Debian 14 3.0.7-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3358 Oct 11, 2022
openssl · RHEL 9 1:3.0.7-6.el9_2 RHSA-2023:2523 May 9, 2023
openssl · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.7 openssl 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.7 Oct 31, 2022
openssl · Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) 3.0.5-2ubuntu2 openssl 3.0.5-2ubuntu2 Nov 1, 2022
openssl · Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky) 3.0.5-2ubuntu2 openssl 3.0.5-2ubuntu2 Nov 1, 2022
openssl · almalinux 9 1:3.0.7-6.el9_2 ALSA-2023:2523 May 9, 2023
openssl · amzn 2023 1:3.0.8-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2023-054 Feb 17, 2023
openssl · ol 9 1:3.0.7-6.0.1.el9_2 ELSA-2023-2523 May 15, 2023
openssl-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:3.0.8-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2023-054 Feb 17, 2023
openssl-debugsource · amzn 2023 1:3.0.8-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2023-054 Feb 17, 2023
openssl-devel · RHEL 9 1:3.0.7-6.el9_2 RHSA-2023:2523 May 9, 2023
openssl-devel · almalinux 9 1:3.0.7-6.el9_2 ALSA-2023:2523 May 9, 2023
openssl-devel · amzn 2023 1:3.0.8-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2023-054 Feb 17, 2023
openssl-devel · ol 9 1:3.0.7-6.0.1.el9_2 ELSA-2023-2523 May 15, 2023
openssl-libs · RHEL 9 1:3.0.7-6.el9_2 RHSA-2023:2523 May 9, 2023
openssl-libs · almalinux 9 1:3.0.7-6.el9_2 ALSA-2023:2523 May 9, 2023
openssl-libs · amzn 2023 1:3.0.8-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2023-054 Feb 17, 2023
openssl-libs · ol 9 1:3.0.7-6.0.1.el9_2 ELSA-2023-2523 May 15, 2023
openssl-libs-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:3.0.8-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2023-054 Feb 17, 2023
openssl-perl · RHEL 9 1:3.0.7-6.el9_2 RHSA-2023:2523 May 9, 2023
openssl-perl · almalinux 9 1:3.0.7-6.el9_2 ALSA-2023:2523 May 9, 2023
openssl-perl · amzn 2023 1:3.0.8-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2023-054 Feb 17, 2023
openssl-perl · ol 9 1:3.0.7-6.0.1.el9_2 ELSA-2023-2523 May 15, 2023

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