CVE-2024-34703
Botan ECDSA X.509 Certificate Large Prime Parameter Denial of Service
Description
Botan is a C++ cryptography library. X.509 certificates can identify elliptic curves using either an object identifier or using explicit encoding of the parameters. Prior to versions 3.3.0 and 2.19.4, an attacker could present an ECDSA X.509 certificate using explicit encoding where the parameters are very large. The proof of concept used a 16Kbit prime for this purpose. When parsing, the parameter is checked to be prime, causing excessive computation. This was patched in 2.19.4 and 3.3.0 to allow the prime parameter of the elliptic curve to be at most 521 bits. No known workarounds are available. Note that support for explicit encoding of elliptic curve parameters is deprecated in Botan.
INFO
Published Date :
June 30, 2024, 9:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
July 1, 2024, 12:37 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
3.9
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CVE Received by [email protected]
Jun. 30, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description Botan is a C++ cryptography library. X.509 certificates can identify elliptic curves using either an object identifier or using explicit encoding of the parameters. Prior to versions 3.3.0 and 2.19.4, an attacker could present an ECDSA X.509 certificate using explicit encoding where the parameters are very large. The proof of concept used a 16Kbit prime for this purpose. When parsing, the parameter is checked to be prime, causing excessive computation. This was patched in 2.19.4 and 3.3.0 to allow the prime parameter of the elliptic curve to be at most 521 bits. No known workarounds are available. Note that support for explicit encoding of elliptic curve parameters is deprecated in Botan. Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/randombit/botan/security/advisories/GHSA-w4g2-7m2h-7xj7 [No types assigned] Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/randombit/botan/commit/08c404b23740babee1f6aa51b54e966029aadee4 [No types assigned] Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/randombit/botan/commit/94e9154c143aa5264da6254a6a1be5bc66ee2b5a [No types assigned] Added CWE GitHub, Inc. CWE-405 Added CWE GitHub, Inc. CWE-770 Added CVSS V3.1 GitHub, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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