Medium severity · published Aug 2, 2023
CVE-2023-29409
Extremely large RSA keys in certificate chains can cause a client/server to expend significant CPU time verifying signatures
5.3
CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.6% · higher than 76% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GO
GO · Golang
before 1.19.12; 1.20.0 before 1.20.7; 1.21.0; 1.21.0; 1.21.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29409
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-29409
Patch
https://go.dev/cl/515257
Issue Tracking
https://go.dev/issue/61460
Mailing List
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/X0b6CsSAaYI/m/Efv5DbZ9AwAJ
Patch
https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2023-1987
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-09
security.netapp.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230831-0010/
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