CVE-2021-3450

Name	CVE-2021-3450
Description	The X509_V_FLAG_X509_STRICT flag enables additional security checks of the certificates present in a certificate chain. It is not set by default. Starting from OpenSSL version 1.1.1h a check to disallow certificates in the chain that have explicitly encoded elliptic curve parameters was added as an additional strict check. An error in the implementation of this check meant that the result of a previous check to confirm that certificates in the chain are valid CA certificates was overwritten. This effectively bypasses the check that non-CA certificates must not be able to issue other certificates. If a "purpose" has been configured then there is a subsequent opportunity for checks that the certificate is a valid CA. All of the named "purpose" values implemented in libcrypto perform this check. Therefore, where a purpose is set the certificate chain will still be rejected even when the strict flag has been used. A purpose is set by default in libssl client and server certificate verification routines, but it can be overridden or removed by an application. In order to be affected, an application must explicitly set the X509_V_FLAG_X509_STRICT verification flag and either not set a purpose for the certificate verification or, in the case of TLS client or server applications, override the default purpose. OpenSSL versions 1.1.1h and newer are affected by this issue. Users of these versions should upgrade to OpenSSL 1.1.1k. OpenSSL 1.0.2 is not impacted by this issue. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.1k (Affected 1.1.1h-1.1.1j).
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
openssl (PTS)	jessie, jessie (lts)	1.0.1t-1+deb8u22	fixed
	stretch (security)	1.1.0l-1~deb9u6	fixed
	stretch (lts), stretch	1.1.0l-1~deb9u10	fixed
	buster, buster (lts)	1.1.1n-0+deb10u7	fixed
	buster (security)	1.1.1n-0+deb10u6	fixed
	bullseye	1.1.1w-0+deb11u1	fixed
	bullseye (security)	1.1.1w-0+deb11u2	fixed
	bookworm	3.0.15-1~deb12u1	fixed
	bookworm (security)	3.0.14-1~deb12u2	fixed
	sid, trixie	3.3.2-2	fixed
openssl1.0 (PTS)	stretch (security)	1.0.2u-1~deb9u7	fixed
	stretch (lts), stretch	1.0.2u-1~deb9u10	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version
openssl	source	jessie	(not affected)
openssl	source	stretch	(not affected)
openssl	source	buster	(not affected)
openssl	source	(unstable)	1.1.1k-1
openssl1.0	source	(unstable)	(not affected)

Notes

[buster] - openssl <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced in 1.1.1h)
[stretch] - openssl <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced in 1.1.1h)
- openssl1.0 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced in 1.1.1h)
https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20210325.txt
https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=commit;h=2a40b7bc7b94dd7de897a74571e7024f0cf0d63b
[jessie] - openssl <not-affected> (vulnerable code not present)