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.
References
Configurations
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History
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Information
Published : 2006-09-28 18:07
Updated : 2018-10-18 16:44
NVD link : CVE-2006-2940
Mitre link : CVE-2006-2940
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2006-2940
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Products Affected
openssl
- openssl
CWE
CWE-399
Resource Management Errors