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This may result in an exception that terminates the<br>application program.<br><br>Note that basic certificate chain validation (signatures, dates, ...) is not<br>affected, the denial of service can occur only when the application also<br>specifies an expected DNS name, Email address or IP address.<br><br>TLS servers rarely solicit client certificates, and even when they do, they<br>generally don't perform a name check against a reference identifier (expected<br>identity), but rather extract the presented identity after checking the<br>certificate chain.  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This may result in an exception that terminates the\napplication program.\n\nNote that basic certificate chain validation (signatures, dates, ...) is not\naffected, the denial of service can occur only when the application also\nspecifies an expected DNS name, Email address or IP address.\n\nTLS servers rarely solicit client certificates, and even when they do, they\ngenerally don't perform a name check against a reference identifier (expected\nidentity), but rather extract the presented identity after checking the\ncertificate chain.  So TLS servers are generally not affected and the severity\nof the issue is Moderate.\n\nThe FIPS modules in 3.3, 3.2, 3.1 and 3.0 are not affected by this issue."}],"metrics":[{"format":"other","other":{"content":{"text":"Moderate"},"type":"https://www.openssl.org/policies/secpolicy.html"}}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"cweId":"CWE-843","description":"CWE-843 Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"3a12439a-ef3a-4c79-92e6-6081a721f1e5","shortName":"openssl","dateUpdated":"2024-09-03T15:58:06.970Z"},"references":[{"name":"OpenSSL Advisory","tags":["vendor-advisory"],"url":"https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20240903.txt"},{"name":"3.3.2 git commit","tags":["patch"],"url":"https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/7dfcee2cd2a63b2c64b9b4b0850be64cb695b0a0"},{"name":"3.2.3 git commit","tags":["patch"],"url":"https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/05f360d9e849a1b277db628f1f13083a7f8dd04f"},{"name":"3.1.7 git commit","tags":["patch"],"url":"https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/621f3729831b05ee828a3203eddb621d014ff2b2"},{"name":"3.0.15 git commit","tags":["patch"],"url":"https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/06d1dc3fa96a2ba5a3e22735a033012aadc9f0d6"}],"source":{"discovery":"UNKNOWN"},"title":"Possible denial of service in X.509 name checks","x_generator":{"engine":"Vulnogram 0.2.0"}},"adp":[{"title":"CVE Program Container","references":[{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/03/4"},{"url":"https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-security/2024-September/000303.html"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240912-0001/"}],"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","shortName":"CVE","dateUpdated":"2024-09-12T16:03:01.704Z"}},{"affected":[{"vendor":"openssl","product":"openssl","cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"],"defaultStatus":"unknown","versions":[{"version":"3.3.0","status":"affected","lessThan":"3.3.2","versionType":"custom"},{"version":"3.2.0","status":"affected","lessThan":"3.2.3","versionType":"custom"},{"version":"3.1.0","status":"affected","lessThan":"3.1.7","versionType":"custom"},{"version":"3.0.0","status":"affected","lessThan":"3.0.15","versionType":"custom"}]}],"metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"scope":"UNCHANGED","version":"3.1","baseScore":7.5,"attackVector":"NETWORK","baseSeverity":"HIGH","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","integrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","attackComplexity":"LOW","availabilityImpact":"NONE","privilegesRequired":"NONE","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH"}},{"other":{"type":"ssvc","content":{"timestamp":"2024-09-03T20:20:39.935362Z","id":"CVE-2024-6119","options":[{"Exploitation":"none"},{"Automatable":"yes"},{"Technical Impact":"partial"}],"role":"CISA Coordinator","version":"2.0.3"}}}],"title":"CISA ADP Vulnrichment","providerMetadata":{"orgId":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0","shortName":"CISA-ADP","dateUpdated":"2024-09-03T20:25:47.056Z"}},{"x_adpType":"supplier","providerMetadata":{"orgId":"0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e","shortName":"siemens-SADP","dateUpdated":"2026-05-12T11:39:25.102Z"},"affected":[{"vendor":"Siemens","product":"RUGGEDCOM RST2428P","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"0","lessThan":"V3.1","versionType":"custom"}],"defaultStatus":"unknown"},{"vendor":"Siemens","product":"SCALANCE XC-300/XR-300/XC-400/XR-500WG/XR-500 family","versions":[{"status":"unaffected","version":"0","lessThan":"*","versionType":"custom"}],"defaultStatus":"unknown"},{"vendor":"Siemens","product":"SCALANCE XCM-/XRM-/XCH-/XRH-300 family","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"0","lessThan":"V3.1","versionType":"custom"}],"defaultStatus":"unknown"},{"vendor":"Siemens","product":"SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"V3.1.5","lessThan":"*","versionType":"custom"}],"defaultStatus":"unknown"},{"vendor":"Siemens","product":"SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"V3.1.5","lessThan":"*","versionType":"custom"}],"defaultStatus":"unknown"},{"vendor":"Siemens","product":"SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"V3.1.5","lessThan":"*","versionType":"custom"}],"defaultStatus":"unknown"},{"vendor":"Siemens","product":"SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"V3.1.5","lessThan":"*","versionType":"custom"}],"defaultStatus":"unknown"},{"vendor":"Siemens","product":"SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"V3.1.5","lessThan":"*","versionType":"custom"}],"defaultStatus":"unknown"}],"references":[{"url":"https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-769027.html"},{"url":"https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html"},{"url":"https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-613116.html"}]}]}}