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. After fixing
CVE-2023-3446 it was discovered that a large q parameter value can also trigger
an overly long computation during some of these checks. A correct q value,
if present, cannot be larger than the modulus p parameter, thus it is
unnecessary to perform these checks if q is larger than p.
An application that calls DH_check() and supplies a key or parameters obtained
from an untrusted source could be vulnerable 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.
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Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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Weaknesses | CWE-606 |
MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: openssl
Published: 2023-07-31T15:34:13.627Z
Updated: 2024-10-14T14:55:48.907Z
Reserved: 2023-07-21T08:47:25.638Z
Link: CVE-2023-3817
Vulnrichment
No data.
NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2023-07-31T16:15:10.497
Modified: 2024-10-14T15:15:11.930
Link: CVE-2023-3817
Redhat