bouncycastle: Timing issue within the EC math library

A flaw was found in bouncycastle. A timing issue within the EC math library can expose information about the private key when an attacker is able to observe timing information for the generation of multiple deterministic ECDSA signatures...

Oracle Linux 8 : openssl (ELSA-2022-9243)

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2022-9243 advisory. 1:1.1.1k-5.0.1 - fix CVE-2022-0778 - possible infinite loop in BNmodsqrt Orabug: 33974871 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from th...

bouncycastle: Timing issue within the EC math library

A flaw was found in bouncycastle. A timing issue within the EC math library can expose information about the private key when an attacker is able to observe timing information for the generation of multiple deterministic ECDSA signatures...

OpenSSL Infinite loop when parsing certificates CVE-2022-0778

A vulnerability CVE-2022-0778 was found in OpenSSL that allows to trigger an infinite loop by crafting a certificate that has invalid elliptic curve parameters. Since certificate parsing happens before verification of the certificate signature, any process that parses an externally supplied...

F5 Networks BIG-IP : OpenSSL vulnerability (K31323265)

The version of F5 Networks BIG-IP installed on the remote host is prior to 13.1.5 / 14.1.4.6 / 15.1.5.1 / 16.1.2.2 / 17.0.0. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the K31323265 advisory. - The BNmodsqrt function, which computes a modular square root, contains a bug that c...

OESA-2022-1585 golang security update

The Go Programming Language. Security Fixes: Rat.SetString in math/big in Go before 1.16.14 and 1.17.x before 1.17.7 has an overflow that can lead to Uncontrolled Memory Consumption.CVE-2022-23772 Curve.IsOnCurve in crypto/elliptic in Go before 1.16.14 and 1.17.x before 1.17.7 can incorrectly...

Oracle Linux 7 : openssl (ELSA-2022-9225)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2022-9225 advisory. - fix CVE-2022-0778 openssl: Fix possible infinite loop in BNmodsqrt Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux securi...

Debian DLA-2952-1 : openssl - LTS security update

The remote Debian 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-2952 advisory. - There is an overflow bug in the x6464 Montgomery squaring procedure used in exponentiation with 512-bit moduli. No EC algorithms are affected. Analysis suggests...

Debian DLA-2953-1 : openssl1.0 - LTS security update

The remote Debian 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-2953 advisory. Tavis Ormandy discovered that the BNmodsqrt function of OpenSSL could be tricked into an infinite loop. This could result in denial of service via malformed certificates. F...

New Infinite Loop Bug in OpenSSL Could Let Attackers Crash Remote Servers

The maintainers of OpenSSL have shipped patches to resolve a high-severity security flaw in its software library that could lead to a denial-of-service DoS condition when parsing certificates. Tracked as CVE-2022-0778 CVSS score: 7.5, the issue stems from parsing a malformed certificate with...

openssl-src's infinite loop in `BN_mod_sqrt()` reachable when parsing certificates

The BNmodsqrt function, which computes a modular square root, contains a bug that can cause it to loop forever for non-prime moduli. Internally this function is used when parsing certificates that contain elliptic curve public keys in compressed form or explicit elliptic curve parameters with a...

OpenSSL 1.1.1 < 1.1.1n Vulnerability

The version of OpenSSL installed on the remote host is prior to 1.1.1n. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the 1.1.1n advisory. - The BNmodsqrt function, which computes a modular square root, contains a bug that can cause it to loop forever for non-prime moduli...

Debian DSA-5103-1 : openssl - security update

The remote Debian 10 / 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5103 advisory. Tavis Ormandy discovered that the BNmodsqrt function of OpenSSL could be tricked into an infinite loop. This could result in denial of service via malformed...

SUSE SLES12: libopenssl-devel / libopenssl1_0_0 / libopenssl1_0_0-32bit / etc (SUSE-SU-2022:0854-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLESSAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:0854-1 advisory. - CVE-2022-0778: Infinite loop in BNmodsqrt reachable when parsing certificates bsc1196877. Tenable has extracted the preceding description...

OpenSSL 3.0.0 < 3.0.2 Vulnerability

The version of OpenSSL installed on the remote host is prior to 3.0.2. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the 3.0.2 advisory. - The BNmodsqrt function, which computes a modular square root, contains a bug that can cause it to loop forever for non-prime moduli. Internal...

Amazon Linux 2 : openssl, openssl11 (ALAS-2022-1766)

The version of openssl installed on the remote host is prior to 1.0.2k-24. The version of openssl11 installed on the remote host is prior to 1.1.1g-12. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2022-1766 advisory. The BNmodsqrt function, which computes a modular...

Vulnerability fixed in OpenSSL

A vulnerability has been fixed in OpenSSL. The vulnerability allows an unauthenticated malicious person to cause a denial-of-service. To do so, the malicious party must offer a specially crafted certificate to the system that of OpenSSL. The vulnerability is caused by the "BNmodsqrt" function. Th...

OpenSSL: Infinite loop in BN_mod_sqrt() reachable when parsing certificates (CVE-2022-0778) - Linux

OpenSSL is prone to an infinite loop vulnerability. Copyright C 2022 Greenbone Networks GmbH Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later This program is free software; you can...

Amazon Linux AMI : openssl (ALAS-2022-1575)

The version of openssl installed on the remote host is prior to 1.0.2k-16.156. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS-2022-1575 advisory. The BNmodsqrt function, which computes a modular square root, contains a bug that can cause it to loop forever for non-prime...

FreeBSD : OpenSSL -- Infinite loop in BN_mod_sqrt parsing certificates (ea05c456-a4fd-11ec-90de-1c697aa5a594)

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ea05c456-a4fd-11ec-90de-1c697aa5a594 advisory. - The BNmodsqrt function, which computes a modular square root, contains a bug that can cause it to loo...