diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md index 8db1220fcf..183b216a1e 100644 --- a/CHANGES.md +++ b/CHANGES.md @@ -28,7 +28,21 @@ OpenSSL 3.3 ### Changes between 3.3.2 and 3.3.3 [xx XXX xxxx] - * none yet + * Fixed possible OOB memory access with invalid low-level GF(2^m) elliptic + curve parameters. + + Use of the low-level GF(2^m) elliptic curve APIs with untrusted + explicit values for the field polynomial can lead to out-of-bounds memory + reads or writes. + Applications working with "exotic" explicit binary (GF(2^m)) curve + parameters, that make it possible to represent invalid field polynomials + with a zero constant term, via the above or similar APIs, may terminate + abruptly as a result of reading or writing outside of array bounds. Remote + code execution cannot easily be ruled out. + + ([CVE-2024-9143]) + + *Viktor Dukhovni* ### Changes between 3.3.1 and 3.3.2 [3 Sep 2024] @@ -20689,6 +20703,7 @@ ndif +[CVE-2024-9143]: https://www.openssl.org/news/vulnerabilities.html#CVE-2024-9143 [CVE-2024-6119]: https://www.openssl.org/news/vulnerabilities.html#CVE-2024-6119 [CVE-2024-5535]: https://www.openssl.org/news/vulnerabilities.html#CVE-2024-5535 [CVE-2024-4741]: https://www.openssl.org/news/vulnerabilities.html#CVE-2024-4741 diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md index 4d0303d9c5..49524a4e02 100644 --- a/NEWS.md +++ b/NEWS.md @@ -23,7 +23,14 @@ OpenSSL 3.3 ### Major changes between OpenSSL 3.3.2 and OpenSSL 3.3.3 [under development] - * none +OpenSSL 3.3.3 is a security patch release. The most severe CVE fixed in this +release is Low. + +This release incorporates the following bug fixes and mitigations: + + * Fixed possible OOB memory access with invalid low-level GF(2^m) elliptic + curve parameters. + ([CVE-2024-9143]) ### Major changes between OpenSSL 3.3.1 and OpenSSL 3.3.2 [3 Sep 2024] @@ -1746,6 +1753,7 @@ OpenSSL 0.9.x +[CVE-2024-9143]: https://www.openssl.org/news/vulnerabilities.html#CVE-2024-9143 [CVE-2024-6119]: https://www.openssl.org/news/vulnerabilities.html#CVE-2024-6119 [CVE-2024-5535]: https://www.openssl.org/news/vulnerabilities.html#CVE-2024-5535 [CVE-2024-4741]: https://www.openssl.org/news/vulnerabilities.html#CVE-2024-4741