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
Medium severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.3
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
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
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