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In February 2021, a vulnerability in OpenSSL was disclosed[1] that CipherUpdate calls to EVP_CipherUpdate, EVP_EncryptUpdate and EVP_DecryptUpdate with specially-crafted values could cause applications to behave incorrectly or crash. The following vulnerability may affect the management plane or TLS/SSL data plane of ACOS devices and is addressed in this document.
| Item | Score | |||
| # | Vulnerability ID | Source | Score | Summary |
| 1 | CVE-2021-23840 | CVSS 3.0 | 7.5 High | openssl: integer overflow in CipherUpdate[2] |
The table below indicates releases of ACOS exposed to this vulnerability and ACOS releases that address them. ACOS release families not indicated below are unaffected by these vulnerabilities.
Customers using affected ACOS releases can overcome vulnerability exposures by updating to the indicated resolved release. If the table does not list a corresponding resolved or unaffected release, then no ACOS release update is currently available.
| Releases Affected | Releases Resolved or Unaffected |
|---|---|
| 5.0.0 – 5.2.1-P1 | 5.2.1-P2 |
| 5.0.1 TPS – 5.0.1-P3 TPS | 5.0.1-P4 TPS, 5.0.2 TPS |
| 4.1.4-GR1 – 4.1.4-GR1-P7 | 4.1.4-GR1-P8 |
| 3.2.3-P1 – 3.2.5-P6 | 5.0.2 TPS |
None
Software updates that address these vulnerabilities are or will be published at the following URL: http://www.a10networks.com/support/axseries/software-downloads
The following table shares brief descriptions for the vulnerabilities addressed in this document.
| Vulnerability ID | Vulnerability Description |
|---|---|
| CVE-2021-23840 |
Calls to EVP_CipherUpdate, EVP_EncryptUpdate and EVP_DecryptUpdate may overflow the output length argument in some cases where the input length is close to the maximum permissable length for an integer on the platform. In such cases the return value from the function call will be 1 (indicating success), but the output length value will be negative. This could cause applications to behave incorrectly or crash. OpenSSL versions 1.1.1i and below are affected by this issue. Users of these versions should upgrade to OpenSSL 1.1.1j. OpenSSL versions 1.0.2x and below are affected by this issue. However OpenSSL 1.0.2 is out of support and no longer receiving public updates. Premium support customers of OpenSSL 1.0.2 should upgrade to 1.0.2y. Other users should upgrade to 1.1.1j. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.1j (Affected 1.1.1-1.1.1i). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.2y (Affected 1.0.2-1.0.2x). |
| Ref # | General Link |
|---|---|
| 1 | OpenSSL Security Advisory [16 February 2021] |
| 2 | NIST NVD, CVE-2021-23840 |
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| Revision | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | April 30, 2021 |
Initial Publication |
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