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ALPINE-CVE-2022-3996
ALPINE-CVE-2022-3996
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
If an X.509 certificate contains a malformed policy constraint and policy processing is enabled, then a write lock will be taken twice recursively. On some operating systems (most widely: Windows) this results in a denial of service when the affected process hangs. Policy processing being enabled on a publicly facing server is not considered to be a common setup. Policy processing is enabled by passing the `-policy' argument to the command line utilities or by calling the `X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_policies()' function. Update (31 March 2023): The description of the policy processing enablement was corrected based on CVE-2023-0466.
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.17 | openssl | 1.1.1l-r0, 1.1.1-r1, 1.1.1-r2 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | openssl | 1.1.1b-r1, 1.1.1-r4, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | openssl | 3.0.0 |
| Alpine:v3.16 | openssl3 | 1.1.1-r1, 0, 1.1.1d-r3 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | openssl | 1.1.1-r4, 1.1.1-r3, 1.1.1-r2 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | openssl | 1.1.1k-r0, 0, 1.1.1-r2 |
| Alpine:v3.15 | openssl3 | 1.1.1l-r0, 3.0.0-r2, 1.1.1k-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.18 | openssl | 3.0.7-r0, 1.1.1a-r0, 1.1.1k-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | openssl | 1.1.1a-r0, 0, 1.1.1-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.19 | openssl | 0, 1.1.1-r4, 1.1.1-r5 |
Timeline
- Dec 13, 2022 CVE Published
- Jul 8, 2026 CVE Updated
- Aug 8, 2026 Distribution Patch