CVE-2006-2940

CVE Details

Release Date:

2006-09-28

Description

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.

See more information about CVE-2006-2940 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	7.8	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 3 (openssl)	ELSA-2006-0695	2006-11-30
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 3 (openssl096b)	ELSA-2006-0695	2006-11-30
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (openssl)	ELSA-2006-0695	2006-11-30
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (openssl096b)	ELSA-2006-0695	2006-11-30

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