CVE-2023-2650

openssl: Possible DoS translating ASN.1 object identifiers

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · May 30, 2023

Updated · October 15, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in OpenSSL resulting in a possible denial of service while translating ASN.1 object identifiers. Applications that use OBJ_obj2txt() directly, or use any of the OpenSSL subsystems OCSP, PKCS7/SMIME, CMS, CMP/CRMF or TS with no message size limit may experience long delays when processing messages, which may lead to a denial of service.

Statement

CVE-2023-2650 can't cause DoS on machines with OpenSSL 1.1.1 and so is considered LOW for RHEL 8.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption