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CVE-2024-27354: phpseclib a large prime can cause a denial of service

March 2, 2024 (updated March 4, 2024)

An issue was discovered in phpseclib 1.x before 1.0.23, 2.x before 2.0.47, and 3.x before 3.0.36. An attacker can construct a malformed certificate containing an extremely large prime to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption for an isPrime primality check). NOTE: this issue was introduced when attempting to fix CVE-2023-27560.

References

  • gist.github.com/katzj/ee72f3c2a00590812b2ea3c0c8890e0b
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-hg35-mp25-qf6h
  • github.com/phpseclib/phpseclib
  • github.com/phpseclib/phpseclib/blob/master/phpseclib/Math/PrimeField.php
  • github.com/phpseclib/phpseclib/commit/2870c8fab3f132d2ed40a66c97a36fe5ab625698
  • github.com/phpseclib/phpseclib/commit/ad5dbdf2129f5e0fb644637770b7f33de8ca8575
  • github.com/phpseclib/phpseclib/commit/c55b75199ec8d12cec6eadf6da99da4a3712fe56
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-27354

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 1.0.0 before 1.0.23, all versions starting from 2.0.0 before 2.0.47, all versions starting from 3.0.0 before 3.0.36

Fixed versions

  • 1.0.23
  • 2.0.47
  • 3.0.36

Solution

Upgrade to versions 1.0.23, 2.0.47, 3.0.36 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Source file

packagist/phpseclib/phpseclib/CVE-2024-27354.yml

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