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DEBIAN-CVE-2006-2940

DEBIAN-CVE-2006-2940 PUBLISHED CVSS 8.699999809265137 HIGH

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS 4.0
8.699999809265137
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:13openssl0, 0, 0
Debian:12openssl0, 0, 0
Debian:11openssl0, 0, 0
Debian:14openssl0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Sep 28, 2006 CVE Published
  • Aug 4, 2026 CVE Updated
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