CVE-2023-29409

2023-08-0220:15:11

Debian Security Bug Tracker

security-tracker.debian.org

rsa keys

certificate chains

cpu usage

crypto/tls

CVSS3

5.3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

45.3%

JSON

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.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Debian11allgolang-1.15<= 1.15.15-1~deb11u4golang-1.15_1.15.15-1~deb11u4_all.deb
Debian12allgolang-1.19<= 1.19.8-2golang-1.19_1.19.8-2_all.deb