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ALPINE-CVE-2023-1255

ALPINE-CVE-2023-1255 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.900000095367432 MEDIUM

Issue summary: The AES-XTS cipher decryption implementation for 64 bit ARM platform contains a bug that could cause it to read past the input buffer, leading to a crash. Impact summary: Applications that use the AES-XTS algorithm on the 64 bit ARM platform can crash in rare circumstances. The AES-XTS algorithm is usually used for disk encryption. The AES-XTS cipher decryption implementation for 64 bit ARM platform will read past the end of the ciphertext buffer if the ciphertext size is 4 mod 5 in 16 byte blocks, e.g. 144 bytes or 1024 bytes. If the memory after the ciphertext buffer is unmapped, this will trigger a crash which results in a denial of service. If an attacker can control the size and location of the ciphertext buffer being decrypted by an application using AES-XTS on 64 bit ARM, the application is affected. This is fairly unlikely making this issue a Low severity one.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
5.900000095367432
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.16openssl3*, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.15openssl33.0.8-r2, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.24openssl3.0.0, 3.0.0, 3.0.0
Alpine:v3.18openssl3.0.8-r1, 3.0.8-r0, 3.0.7-r2
Alpine:v3.19openssl3.0.0-r4, 3.0.0-r3, 3.0.0-r2
Alpine:v3.23openssl3.0.0, 1.1.1-r0, 1.1.1-r1
Alpine:v3.22openssl1.1.1-r0, 3.0.0, 0
Alpine:v3.20openssl1.1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.1
Alpine:v3.21openssl3.0.0-r3, 1.1.1-r5, *
Alpine:v3.17openssl1.1.1b-r0, 1.1.1b-r1, 1.1.1c-r0

Timeline

  • Apr 20, 2023 CVE Published
  • Aug 7, 2026 CVE Updated
  • Aug 8, 2026 Distribution Patch
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