CVE-2006-2940
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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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-007.txt.asc
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061001-01-P.asc
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01118771
- http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00805100
- http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00849540
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