CVE-2017-8301

N/A
Published: April 27, 2017 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:26 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLibressl

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

LibreSSL 2.5.1 to 2.5.3 lacks TLS certificate verification if SSL_get_verify_result is relied upon for a later check of a verification result, in a use case where a user-provided verification callback returns 1, as demonstrated by acceptance of invalid certificates by nginx.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (4)

x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q2/145
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98076
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/libressl-portable/portable/issues/307
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://trac.nginx.org/nginx/ticket/1257

CVSS

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-295

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