CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-5422

Improper Certificate Validation

Published: Oct 16, 2023 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
9.1
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

The functions to fetch e-mail via POP3 or IMAP as well as sending e-mail via SMTP use OpenSSL for static SSL or TLS based communication. As the SSL_get_verify_result() function is not used the certificated is trusted always and it can not be ensured that the certificate satisfies all necessary security requirements.

This could allow an attacker to use an invalid certificate to claim to be a trusted host, use expired certificates, or conduct other attacks that could be detected if the certificate is properly validated.

This issue affects OTRS: from 7.0.X before 7.0.47, from 8.0.X before 8.0.37; ((OTRS)) Community Edition: from 6.0.X through 6.0.34.

Weakness

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

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Otrs Otrs 6.0.0 (including) 6.0.34 (including)
Otrs Otrs 7.0.0 (including) 7.0.47 (excluding)
Otrs Otrs 8.0.0 (including) 8.0.37 (excluding)
Otrs2 Ubuntu bionic *
Otrs2 Ubuntu trusty *
Otrs2 Ubuntu xenial *
Znuny Ubuntu lunar *
Znuny Ubuntu mantic *

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