REDHAT-BUG-2459076: Medium severity Opencryptoki opencryptoki vulnerability
openCryptoki is a PKCS#11 library and provides tooling for Linux and AIX. In versions 3.26.0 and below, the BER/DER decoding functions in the shared common library (asn1.c) accept a raw pointer but no buffer length parameter, and trust attacker-controlled BER length fields without validating them against actual buffer boundaries. All primitive decoders are affected: berdecodeINTEGER, berdecodeSEQUENCE, berdecodeOCTETSTRING, berdecodeBITSTRING, and berdecodeCHOICE. Additionally, berdecodeINTEGER can produce integer underflows when the encoded length is zero. An attacker supplying a malformed BER-encoded cryptographic object through PKCS#11 operations such as CCreateObject or CUnwrapKey, token loading from disk, or remote backend communication can trigger out-of-bounds reads. This affects all token backends (Soft, ICA, CCA, TPM, EP11, ICSF) since the vulnerable code is in the shared common library. A patch is available thorugh commit ed378f463ef73364c89feb0fc923f4dc867332a3.
Affected Software
Remediation
Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.
- Upgrade
Upgrade
openCryptokito a version that resolves this vulnerability.Patch ed378f463ef73364c89feb0fc923f4dc867332a3
Event History
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the severity of REDHAT-BUG-2459076?
The severity of REDHAT-BUG-2459076 is classified as medium with a score of 4.
How do I fix REDHAT-BUG-2459076?
To fix REDHAT-BUG-2459076, you should upgrade to openCryptoki version 3.26.1 or later.
What is the risk associated with REDHAT-BUG-2459076?
The risk associated with REDHAT-BUG-2459076 is rated at 19, indicating potential vulnerabilities related to parsing BER/DER encoded data.
Which versions of openCryptoki are affected by REDHAT-BUG-2459076?
Versions of openCryptoki up to and including 3.26.0 are affected by REDHAT-BUG-2459076.
What type of vulnerability is REDHAT-BUG-2459076?
REDHAT-BUG-2459076 involves a vulnerability in the BER/DER decoding functions that allows for potential denial of service or arbitrary code execution.