CVE-2022-2068

Public on 2022-06-21
Modified on 2023-07-07
Description

A flaw was found in OpenSSL. The issue in CVE-2022-1292 did not find other places in the `c_rehash` script where it possibly passed the file names of certificates being hashed to a command executed through the shell. Some operating systems distribute this script in a manner where it is automatically executed. On these operating systems, this flaw allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the script.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.7
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 openssl 2022-07-28 20:38 ALAS-2022-1626
Amazon Linux 2 - Core openssl 2022-07-28 21:55 ALAS2-2022-1831
Amazon Linux 2023 openssl 2023-02-17 20:45 ALAS2023-2023-051
Amazon Linux 2 - Openssl-snapsafe Extra openssl-snapsafe 2023-07-17 19:27 ALAS2OPENSSL-SNAPSAFE-2023-001
Amazon Linux 2 - Core openssl11 2022-07-28 21:55 ALAS2-2022-1832
Amazon Linux 2 - Core edk2 2024-03-13 20:26 ALAS2-2024-2502

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD CVSSv3 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H