CVE-2023-6057 HIGH

CVE-2023-6057: Insecure Trust of DSA-Signed Certificates in Bitdefender Total Security HTTPS Scanning (VA-11166)

Vendor Bitdefender
Product Total Security
Weakness CWE-295
Published October 18, 2024
Last update November 21, 2024
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CVSS base score

8.6/10
Attack vector Adjacent
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction —
Confidentiality —
Integrity —

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A vulnerability has been discovered in Bitdefender Total Security HTTPS scanning functionality that results in the improper trust of certificates issued using the DSA signature algorithm. The product does not properly check the certificate chain, allowing an attacker to establish MITM SSL connections to arbitrary sites using a DSA-signed certificate.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 18, 2024 CVE published
November 21, 2024 Record updated