cve-2023-29409
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-08-02 19:47
Modified
2024-10-22 14:16
Severity ?
Summary
Large RSA keys can cause high CPU usage in crypto/tls
References
security@golang.orghttps://go.dev/cl/515257Patch
security@golang.orghttps://go.dev/issue/61460Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
security@golang.orghttps://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/X0b6CsSAaYI/m/Efv5DbZ9AwAJMailing List, Vendor Advisory
security@golang.orghttps://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2023-1987Patch, Vendor Advisory
security@golang.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-09
security@golang.orghttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230831-0010/
Impacted products
Go standard librarycrypto/tls
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