CVE-2023-6237

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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
5.9 MEDIUM
NETWORK
HIGH
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
opensslCNA
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CVEADP
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CISA-ADPADP
5.9 MEDIUM
NETWORK
HIGH
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Awaiting analysis
This vulnerability is currently awaiting analysis.
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 65%
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
openssl
bullseye
1.1.1w-0+deb11u1
not-affected
buster
not-affected
bullseye (security)
1.1.1w-0+deb11u2
fixed
bookworm
3.0.15-1~deb12u1
fixed
bookworm (security)
3.0.14-1~deb12u2
fixed
trixie
3.3.2-2
fixed
sid
3.3.2-2
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
edk2
oracular
needed
noble
needed
mantic
not-affected
lunar
not-affected
jammy
not-affected
focal
not-affected
bionic
not-affected
xenial
not-affected
trusty
ignored
nodejs
oracular
not-affected
noble
not-affected
mantic
not-affected
lunar
not-affected
jammy
needed
focal
not-affected
bionic
needs-triage
xenial
needs-triage
trusty
not-affected
openssl
oracular
Fixed 3.0.10-1ubuntu4
released
noble
Fixed 3.0.10-1ubuntu4
released
mantic
Fixed 3.0.10-1ubuntu2.2
released
lunar
ignored
jammy
Fixed 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.14
released
focal
not-affected
bionic
not-affected
xenial
not-affected
trusty
not-affected
openssl1.0
oracular
dne
noble
dne
mantic
dne
lunar
dne
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
not-affected
xenial
dne
trusty
dne