CVE-2024-6119

Possible denial of service in X.509 name checks

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: September 3, 2024 at 03:58 PM UTC
Updated: October 15, 2026 at 12:33 AM UTC
39 products affected across 3 vendorsActive IQ Unified ManagerOpenSSLH700S Firmware

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 67%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Issue summary: Applications performing certificate name checks (e.g., TLS clients checking server certificates) may attempt to read an invalid memory address resulting in abnormal termination of the application process. Impact summary: Abnormal termination of an application can a cause a denial of service. Applications performing certificate name checks (e.g., TLS clients checking server certificates) may attempt to read an invalid memory address when comparing the expected name with an `otherName` subject alternative name of an X.509 certificate. This may result in an exception that terminates the application program. Note that basic certificate chain validation (signatures, dates, ...) is not affected, the denial of service can occur only when the application also specifies an expected DNS name, Email address or IP address. TLS servers rarely solicit client certificates, and even when they do, they generally don't perform a name check against a reference identifier (expected identity), but rather extract the presented identity after checking the certificate chain. So TLS servers are generally not affected and the severity of the issue is Moderate. The FIPS modules in 3.3, 3.2, 3.1 and 3.0 are not affected by this issue.

Affected

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

All versions
netapp-500f (same device)
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netapp-a250 (same device)
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netapp-hci-compute-node (environment)
All versions
netapp-c250 (same device)
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netapp-h300s (same device)
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netapp-h410c (same device)
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netapp-h410s (same device)
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netapp-h500s (same device)

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-843

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