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CVE-2023-3446
published 2023-07-19

CVE-2023-3446: Issue summary: Checking excessively long DH keys or parameters may be very slow. Impact summary: Applications that use the functions DH_check(), DH_check_ex()…

PriorityP430medium5.3CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAL
EPSS
5.53%
91.9th percentile
Issue summary: Checking excessively long DH keys or parameters may be very slow. Impact summary: Applications that use the functions DH_check(), DH_check_ex() or EVP_PKEY_param_check() to check a DH key or DH parameters may experience long delays. Where the key or parameters that are being checked have been obtained from an untrusted source this may lead to a Denial of Service. The function DH_check() performs various checks on DH parameters. One of those checks confirms that the modulus ('p' parameter) is not too large. Trying to use a very large modulus is slow and OpenSSL will not normally use a modulus which is over 10,000 bits in length. However the DH_check() function checks numerous aspects of the key or parameters that have been supplied. Some of those checks use the supplied modulus value even if it has already been found to be too large. An application that calls DH_check() and supplies a key or parameters obtained from an untrusted source could be vulernable to a Denial of Service attack. The function DH_check() is itself called by a number of other OpenSSL functions. An application calling any of those other functions may similarly be affected. The other functions affected by this are DH_check_ex() and EVP_PKEY_param_check(). Also vulnerable are the OpenSSL dhparam and pkeyparam command line applications when using the '-check' option. The OpenSSL SSL/TLS implementation is not affected by this issue. The OpenSSL 3.0 and 3.1 FIPS providers are not affected by this issue.

Affected

109 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianopenssl< openssl 3.0.10-1~deb12u1 (bookworm)openssl 3.0.10-1~deb12u1 (bookworm)
msrcazl3_qemu_8.2.0-16_on_azure_linux_3.0
msrccbl2_hvloader_1.0.1-5_on_cbl_mariner_2.0
msrccbl2_hvloader_1.0.1-6_on_cbl_mariner_2.0
msrccbl2_openssl_1.1.1k-28_on_cbl_mariner_2.0
msrccbl_mariner_2.0_arm
msrccbl_mariner_2.0_x64
opensslopenssl
opensslopenssl
opensslopenssl
opensslopenssl
opensslopenssl
opensslopenssl
opensslopenssl
opensslopenssl
opensslopenssl
opensslopenssl
opensslopenssl
opensslopenssl
opensslopenssl
opensslopenssl
opensslopenssl
opensslopenssl
opensslopenssl
opensslopenssl

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
osv7.4HIGH
vendor_ubuntu7.4HIGH
vendor_debian5.3MEDIUM
vendor_msrc5.3MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.3MEDIUM
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