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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HAQM Linux 2 - Core | amazon-cloudwatch-agent | 2023-08-17 | ALAS2-2023-2209 | Fixed |
HAQM Linux 2023 | amazon-cloudwatch-agent | 2023-08-17 | ALAS2023-2023-307 | Fixed |
HAQM Linux 2023 | amazon-ecr-credential-helper | 2023-09-14 | ALAS2023-2023-346 | Fixed |
HAQM Linux 2 - Core | amazon-ssm-agent | 2023-10-12 | ALAS2-2023-2303 | Fixed |
HAQM Linux 2023 | amazon-ssm-agent | 2023-09-27 | ALAS2023-2023-373 | Fixed |
HAQM Linux 2 - Core | cni-plugins | 2023-08-17 | ALAS2-2023-2208 | Fixed |
HAQM Linux 2023 | cni-plugins | 2023-08-31 | ALAS2023-2023-338 | Fixed |
HAQM Linux 1 | containerd | 2023-09-27 | ALAS-2023-1849 | Fixed |
HAQM Linux 2 - Docker Extra | containerd | 2023-08-17 | ALAS2DOCKER-2023-027 | Fixed |
HAQM Linux 2 - Ecs Extra | containerd | 2023-09-27 | ALAS2ECS-2023-008 | Fixed |
HAQM Linux 2 - Aws-nitro-enclaves-cli Extra | containerd | 2023-08-17 | ALAS2NITRO-ENCLAVES-2023-028 | Fixed |
HAQM Linux 2023 | containerd | 2023-08-17 | ALAS2023-2023-308 | Fixed |
HAQM Linux 2 - Core | cri-tools | 2023-08-31 | ALAS2-2023-2229 | Fixed |
HAQM Linux 2 - Docker Extra | docker | 2023-10-18 | ALAS2DOCKER-2023-031 | Fixed |
HAQM Linux 2 - Ecs Extra | docker | 2023-10-31 | ALAS2ECS-2023-019 | Fixed |
HAQM Linux 2 - Aws-nitro-enclaves-cli Extra | docker | 2023-10-18 | ALAS2NITRO-ENCLAVES-2023-030 | Fixed |
HAQM Linux 2023 | docker | 2023-09-14 | ALAS2023-2023-345 | Fixed |
HAQM Linux 2 - Ecs Extra | ecs-init | 2025-03-03 | ALAS2ECS-2025-051 | Fixed |
HAQM Linux 2023 | ecs-init | 2024-01-03 | ALAS2023-2024-480 | Fixed |
HAQM Linux 1 | golang | 2023-09-27 | ALAS-2023-1848 | Fixed |
HAQM Linux 2 - Core | golang | 2023-08-17 | ALAS2-2023-2211 | Fixed |
HAQM Linux 2023 | golang | 2023-08-17 | ALAS2023-2023-310 | Fixed |
HAQM Linux 2 - Core | nerdctl | 2023-08-17 | ALAS2-2023-2210 | Fixed |
HAQM Linux 2023 | nerdctl | 2023-08-17 | ALAS2023-2023-309 | Fixed |
HAQM Linux 2 - Docker Extra | runc | 2023-08-17 | ALAS2DOCKER-2023-026 | Fixed |
HAQM Linux 2 - Ecs Extra | runc | 2023-10-31 | ALAS2ECS-2023-018 | Fixed |
HAQM 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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HAQM 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 |