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CVE-2021-3450

Public on 2021-03-25
Modified on 2021-03-25
Description

A flaw was found in openssl. The flag that enables additional security checks of certificates present in a certificate chain was not enabled allowing a confirmation step to verify that certificates in the chain are valid CA certificates is bypassed. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity.

Severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
7.4
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 - Core openssl11 2021-03-25 18:31 ALAS2-2021-1622
Amazon Linux 2 - Core edk2 2024-03-13 20:26 ALAS2-2024-2502

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD CVSSv2 5.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
NVD CVSSv3 7.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

References

Red Hat: CVE-2021-3450 Mitre: CVE-2021-3450 FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity