Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting libcryptopp-devel package, versions <8.6.0-150400.3.6.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.76% (51st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES154-LIBCRYPTOPPDEVEL-6179682
  • published19 Jan 2024
  • disclosed18 Jan 2024

Introduced: 18 Jan 2024

CVE-2023-50981  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.4 libcryptopp-devel to version 8.6.0-150400.3.6.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libcryptopp-devel package and not the libcryptopp-devel package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.4 relevant fixed versions and status.

ModularSquareRoot in Crypto++ (aka cryptopp) through 8.9.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted DER public-key data associated with squared odd numbers, such as the square of 268995137513890432434389773128616504853.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1