CVE-2023-5422 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2023-5422

SSL Certificates are not checked for E-Mail Handling

Vulnerability Description

The functions to fetch e-mail via POP3 or IMAP as well as sending e-mail via SMTP use OpenSSL for static SSL or TLS based communication. As the SSL_get_verify_result() function is not used the certificated is trusted always and it can not be ensured that the certificate satisfies all necessary security requirements. This could allow an attacker to use an invalid certificate to claim to be a trusted host, use expired certificates, or conduct other attacks that could be detected if the certificate is properly validated. This issue affects OTRS: from 7.0.X before 7.0.47, from 8.0.X before 8.0.37; ((OTRS)) Community Edition: from 6.0.X through 6.0.34.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Special thanks to Matthias Terlinde for reporting these vulnerability.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

OTRS, ((OTRS)) Community Edition
Vulnerable Versions:
7.0.x, 8.0.x, 6.0.x

Timeline

Official Publish: October 16th, 2023
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)