Resource Management Errors Affecting openssl package, versions <0.9.8c-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
11.61% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-OPENSSL-374660
  • published28 Sept 2006
  • disclosed28 Sept 2006

Introduced: 28 Sep 2006

CVE-2006-2940  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 openssl to version 0.9.8c-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openssl package and not the openssl package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

OpenSSL 0.9.7 before 0.9.7l, 0.9.8 before 0.9.8d, and earlier versions allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via parasitic public keys with large (1) "public exponent" or (2) "public modulus" values in X.509 certificates that require extra time to process when using RSA signature verification.

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