CWE-593

Variant Abstraction Level
Pillar — Highest-level weakness category
Class — Abstract, language-independent
Base — Specific enough to detect
Variant — Tied to specific technology
Compound — Requires multiple weaknesses Draft MITRE CWE Status
Stable — Fully reviewed and complete
Draft — Under development, may change
Incomplete — Partially defined by MITRE
Deprecated — No longer recommended
Obsolete — Replaced by another CWE
Authentication Bypass: OpenSSL CTX Object Modified after SSL Objects are Created

Description

The product modifies the SSL context after connection creation has begun.

If the program modifies the SSL_CTX object after creating SSL objects from it, there is the possibility that older SSL objects created from the original context could all be affected by that change.

Consequences

Access Control — Bypass Protection Mechanism

No authentication takes place in this process, bypassing an assumed protection of encryption.

Confidentiality — Read Application Data

The encrypted communication between a user and a trusted host may be subject to a sniffing attack.

Mitigations

Phase: Architecture and Design

Use a language or a library that provides a cryptography framework at a higher level of abstraction.

Phase: Implementation

Most SSL_CTX functions have SSL counterparts that act on SSL-type objects.

Phase: Implementation

Applications should set up an SSL_CTX completely, before creating SSL objects from it.