CVE-2023-29409
Public on 2023-08-02
Modified on 2024-04-29
Description
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.
Severity
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
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Amazon Linux 2 - Core | amazon-cloudwatch-agent | 2023-08-17 | ALAS2-2023-2209 | Fixed |
Amazon Linux 2023 | amazon-cloudwatch-agent | 2023-08-17 | ALAS2023-2023-307 | Fixed |
Amazon Linux 2023 | amazon-ecr-credential-helper | 2023-09-14 | ALAS2023-2023-346 | Fixed |
Amazon Linux 2 - Core | amazon-ssm-agent | 2023-10-12 | ALAS2-2023-2303 | Fixed |
Amazon Linux 2023 | amazon-ssm-agent | 2023-09-27 | ALAS2023-2023-373 | Fixed |
Amazon Linux 2 - Core | cni-plugins | 2023-08-17 | ALAS2-2023-2208 | Fixed |
Amazon Linux 2023 | cni-plugins | 2023-08-31 | ALAS2023-2023-338 | Fixed |
Amazon Linux 1 | containerd | 2023-09-27 | ALAS-2023-1849 | Fixed |
Amazon Linux 2 - Docker Extra | containerd | 2023-08-17 | ALAS2DOCKER-2023-027 | Fixed |
Amazon Linux 2 - Ecs Extra | containerd | 2023-09-27 | ALAS2ECS-2023-008 | Fixed |
Amazon Linux 2 - Aws-nitro-enclaves-cli Extra | containerd | 2023-08-17 | ALAS2NITRO-ENCLAVES-2023-028 | Fixed |
Amazon Linux 2023 | containerd | 2023-08-17 | ALAS2023-2023-308 | Fixed |
Amazon Linux 2 - Core | cri-tools | 2023-08-31 | ALAS2-2023-2229 | Fixed |
Amazon Linux 2 - Docker Extra | docker | Pending Fix | ||
Amazon Linux 2 - Ecs Extra | docker | Pending Fix | ||
Amazon Linux 2023 | docker | 2023-09-14 | ALAS2023-2023-345 | Fixed |
Amazon Linux 2 - Ecs Extra | ecs-init | Pending Fix | ||
Amazon Linux 2023 | ecs-init | Pending Fix | ||
Amazon Linux 1 | golang | 2023-09-27 | ALAS-2023-1848 | Fixed |
Amazon Linux 2 - Core | golang | 2023-08-17 | ALAS2-2023-2211 | Fixed |
Amazon Linux 2023 | golang | 2023-08-17 | ALAS2023-2023-310 | Fixed |
Amazon Linux 2 - Core | nerdctl | 2023-08-17 | ALAS2-2023-2210 | Fixed |
Amazon Linux 2023 | nerdctl | 2023-08-17 | ALAS2023-2023-309 | Fixed |
Amazon Linux 2 - Ecs Extra | runc | Pending Fix | ||
Amazon Linux 2 - Docker Extra | runc | 2023-08-17 | ALAS2DOCKER-2023-026 | Fixed |
Amazon Linux 2 - Aws-nitro-enclaves-cli Extra | runc | 2023-08-17 | ALAS2NITRO-ENCLAVES-2023-027 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
Score Type | Score | Vector | |
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Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
NVD | CVSSv3 | 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |