DEBIAN-CVE-2006-2940

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2006-2940

    Published: 28 Sept 2006Last Modified: 7 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2006-2940

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-2940

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: openssl

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/openssl?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.9.8c-2

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High