Multiple flaws were found in the way OpenSSL parsed X.509 certificates. An attacker could use these flaws to modify an X.509 certificate to produce a certificate with a different fingerprint without invalidating its signature, and possibly bypass fingerprint-based blacklisting in applications.
Find out more about CVE-2014-8275 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue affects the version of openssl098e as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact and does not plan to address this flaw for the above components in any future security updates.
This issue affects the version of openssl097a as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is now in Production 3 Phase of the support and maintenance life cycle. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.
| Base Score | 4.3 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
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| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (openssl) | RHSA-2015:0066 | 2015-01-21 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (openssl) | RHSA-2015:0066 | 2015-01-21 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (openssl) | RHSA-2015:0800 | 2015-04-13 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss EWS 1 | openssl | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 2.1 | openssl | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | openssl098e | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | openssl098e | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | openssl097a | Will not fix |
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