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Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

CVE-2022-2097

Severity Medium
Score 5.3/10

Summary

The package OpenSSL 3.0.0 through 3.0.4, and 1.1.1 through 1.1.1p is vulnerable to missing encryption of sensitive data. AES OCB mode for 32-bit x86 platforms using the AES-NI assembly optimized implementation will not encrypt the entirety of the data under some circumstances. This could reveal sixteen bytes of data that was preexisting in the memory that wasn't written. In the special case of "in place" encryption, sixteen bytes of the plaintext would be revealed. Since OpenSSL does not support OCB based cipher suites for TLS and DTLS, they are both unaffected.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE

CWE-327 - Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

The use of a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm is an unnecessary risk that may result in the exposure of sensitive information.

Advisory Timeline

  • Published