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CVE-2023-29409
published 2023-08-02

CVE-2023-29409: Extremely large RSA keys in certificate chains can cause a client/server to expend significant CPU time verifying signatures. With fix, the size of RSA keys…

PriorityP427medium5.3CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAL
EPSS
1.33%
67.5th percentile
Extremely large RSA keys in certificate chains can cause a client/server to expend significant CPU time verifying signatures. With fix, the size of RSA keys transmitted during handshakes is restricted to <= 8192 bits. Based on a survey of publicly trusted RSA keys, there are currently only three certificates in circulation with keys larger than this, and all three appear to be test certificates that are not actively deployed. It is possible there are larger keys in use in private PKIs, but we target the web PKI, so causing breakage here in the interests of increasing the default safety of users of crypto/tls seems reasonable.

Affected

21 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debiangolang-1.15
debiangolang-1.19
go_standard_librarycrypto_tls< 1.19.121.19.12
go_standard_librarycrypto_tls>= 1.20.0-0 < 1.20.71.20.7
go_standard_librarycrypto_tls>= 1.21.0-0 < 1.21.0-rc.41.21.0-rc.4
golanggo< 1.19.121.19.12
golanggo
golanggo>= 1.20.0 < 1.20.71.20.7
msrcazl3_gcc_13.2.0-7_on_azure_linux_3.0
msrcazl3_golang_1.20.7-1_on_azure_linux_3.0
msrcazl3_golang_1.24.3-1_on_azure_linux_3.0
msrcazl3_python-tensorboard_2.16.2-6_on_azure_linux_3.0
msrcazl3_tensorflow_2.16.1-9_on_azure_linux_3.0
msrccbl2_golang_1.17.13-2_on_cbl_mariner_2.0
msrccbl2_golang_1.18.8-7_on_cbl_mariner_2.0
msrccbl2_golang_1.20.7-1_on_cbl_mariner_2.0
msrccbl2_golang_1.21.6-1_on_cbl_mariner_2.0
msrccbl2_msft-golang_1.20.7-1_on_cbl_mariner_2.0
msrccbl2_python-tensorboard_2.11.0-3_on_cbl_mariner_2.0
msrccbl2_tensorflow_2.11.1-2_on_cbl_mariner_2.0
paloaltopan-os

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
osv5.3MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.3MEDIUM
vendor_msrc5.3MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.3MEDIUM
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