CVE-2006-2940 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting OpenSSL versions prior to 0.9.7l and 0.9.8d. Attackers can exploit this by presenting X.509 certificates with excessively large public exponent or modulus values, causing high CPU consumption during RSA signature verification. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8, indicating high severity with a network attack vector and low complexity, leading to a complete denial of service. Despite its age, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.9.1cCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.1c:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.9.2bCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.2b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.9.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.9.3aCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.3a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.9.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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