CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2022-25640

Improper Certificate Validation

Published: Feb 24, 2022 | Modified: Aug 08, 2023
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW

In wolfSSL before 5.2.0, a TLS 1.3 server cannot properly enforce a requirement for mutual authentication. A client can simply omit the certificate_verify message from the handshake, and never present a certificate.

Weakness

The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Wolfssl Wolfssl * 5.2.0 (excluding)
Wolfssl Ubuntu bionic *
Wolfssl Ubuntu impish *
Wolfssl Ubuntu kinetic *
Wolfssl Ubuntu trusty *
Wolfssl Ubuntu upstream *
Wolfssl Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

References