CVE-2006-2940

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…

published September 28, 2006

CVSS
—
EPSS
5%
Percentile
92.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.05004 · 92.2th percentile
Published
2006-09-28T18:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 28 SEP 18:00Z
    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…
    cvelistv5