ArchLinux: 202004-18: openssl: denial of service
Summary
A NULL pointer dereference has been found in OpenSSL versions 1.1.1d, 1.1.1e and 1.1.1f. Server or client applications that call the SSL_check_chain() function during or after a TLS 1.3 handshake may crash due to a NULL pointer dereference as a result of incorrect handling of the "signature_algorithms_cert" TLS extension. The crash occurs if an invalid or unrecognised signature algorithm is received from the peer. This could be exploited by a malicious peer in a Denial of Service attack.
Resolution
Upgrade to 1.1.1.g-1.
# pacman -Syu "openssl>=1.1.1.g-1"
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 1.1.1.g.
References
https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20200421.txt https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/eb563247aef3e83dda7679c43f9649270462e5b1 https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-1967
Workaround
None.