CVE-2006-2940 in OpenSSL
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.
Reservation
06/09/2006
Disclosure
09/28/2006
Entries
VulDB provides additional information and datapoints for this CVE:
| ID | Vulnerability | CWE | Exp | Cou | CVE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2575 | OpenSSL ASN.1 Public Key resource management | 399 | Proof-of-Concept | Official fix | CVE-2006-2940 |