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CVE-2006-2940

  • HIGH

secalert@redhat.com

Details

CVSS v2
7.8
NVD published
2006-09-28 18:07:00
Affected versions
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.1c:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.2b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.3a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.5:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.5:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.5a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.5a:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.5a:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.6:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.6:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.6:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.6a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.6a:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.6a:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.6a:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.6b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.6c:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.6d:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.6e:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.6f:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.6g:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.6h:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.6i:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.6j:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.6k:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.6l:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.6m:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.7a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.7b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.7c:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.7d:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.7e:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.7f:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.7g:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.7h:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.7i:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.7j:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.7k:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.8a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.8b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.8c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Summary
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.
Remediation
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Exploit info
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