Debian/openssl: unknown

OpenSSL 0.9.7 before 0.9.7l, 0.9.8 before 0.9.8d, and earlier versions allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via parasitic public keys with large (1) "public exponent" or (2)

Action: Upgrade openssl to 0.9.8c-2 or later.

Affected

Fixed versions

Sources

• osv: DEBIAN-CVE-2006-2940
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-2940

published 2006-09-28T18:07:00Z · modified 2026-10-22T23:47:25.801841583Z · JSON