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ALPINE-CVE-2023-6237

ALPINE-CVE-2023-6237 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.900000095367432 MEDIUM

Issue summary: Checking excessively long invalid RSA public keys may take a long time. Impact summary: Applications that use the function EVP_PKEY_public_check() to check RSA public keys may experience long delays. Where the key that is being checked has been obtained from an untrusted source this may lead to a Denial of Service. When function EVP_PKEY_public_check() is called on RSA public keys, a computation is done to confirm that the RSA modulus, n, is composite. For valid RSA keys, n is a product of two or more large primes and this computation completes quickly. However, if n is an overly large prime, then this computation would take a long time. An application that calls EVP_PKEY_public_check() and supplies an RSA key obtained from an untrusted source could be vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack. The function EVP_PKEY_public_check() is not called from other OpenSSL functions however it is called from the OpenSSL pkey command line application. For that reason that application is also vulnerable if used with the '-pubin' and '-check' options on untrusted data. The OpenSSL SSL/TLS implementation is not affected by this issue. The OpenSSL 3.0 and 3.1 FIPS providers are affected by this issue.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
5.900000095367432
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.17openssl0, 1.1.1-r0, 1.1.1-r1
Alpine:v3.23openssl3.1.4-r3, 0, 1.1.1-r0
Alpine:v3.21openssl1.1.1-r1, 3.1.0-r1, 3.1.0-r0
Alpine:v3.22openssl3.1.4-r3, 3.1.4-r2, 3.1.4-r1
Alpine:v3.19openssl3.1.4-r1, 0, 1.1.1-r0
Alpine:v3.20openssl3.1.4-r3, 3.1.4-r2, 3.1.4-r1
Alpine:v3.18openssl1.1.1-r0, 3.1.4-r3, 3.1.4-r2

Timeline

  • Apr 25, 2024 CVE Published
  • Dec 3, 2025 CVE Updated
  • Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
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