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TI-2024-04285 Aliases CVE-2024-4603GHSA-85xr-ghj6-6m46

Excessive time spent checking DSA keys and parameters

Priority LOW 32CWE-606Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Low
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 2 fixed, 4 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

Issue summary: Checking excessively long DSA keys or parameters may be very slow. Impact summary: Applications that use the functions EVP_PKEY_param_check() or EVP_PKEY_public_check() to check a DSA public key or DSA parameters may experience long delays. Where the key or parameters that are being checked have been obtained from an untrusted source this may lead to a Denial of Service. The functions EVP_PKEY_param_check() or EVP_PKEY_public_check() perform various checks on DSA parameters. Some of those computations take a long time if the modulus (`p` parameter) is too large. Trying to use a very large modulus is slow and OpenSSL will not allow using public keys with a modulus which is over 10,000 bits in length for signature verification. However the key and parameter check functions do not limit the modulus size when performing the checks. An application that calls EVP_PKEY_param_check() or EVP_PKEY_public_check() and supplies a key or parameters obtained from an untrusted source could be vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack. These functions are not called by OpenSSL itself on untrusted DSA keys so only applications that directly call these functions may be vulnerable. Also vulnerable are the OpenSSL pkey and pkeyparam command line applications when using the `-check` option. The OpenSSL SSL/TLS implementation is not affected by this issue. The OpenSSL 3.0 and 3.1 FIPS providers are affected by this issue.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01131 66th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial OpenSSL (OpenSSL): 3.0.14, 3.1.6, 3.2.2 +1Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 2 fixed, 4 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
OpenSSLOpenSSL3.0.0 to before 3.0.14; 3.1.0 to before 3.1.6; 3.2.0 to before 3.2.2; 3.3.0 to before 3.3.13.0.14, 3.1.6, 3.2.2, 3.3.1Patch availableCNA
  • OpenSSL VendorOpenSSL Affected 3.0.0 to before 3.0.14; 3.1.0 to before 3.1.6; 3.2.0 to before 3.2.2; 3.3.0 to before 3.3.1 Fixed in 3.0.14, 3.1.6, 3.2.2, 3.3.1 Patch available CNA

CPE names CISA-ADP · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——OpenSSL
  • cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·OpenSSL

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA OpenSSL (OpenSSL) Fixed in 3.0.14, 3.1.6, 3.2.2, 3.3.1

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2024:9333 Released 2024-11-12 · Red Hat rating Low
    openssl and openssl-fips-provider security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) openssl-devel-1:3.2.2-6.el9_5, openssl-perl-1:3.2.2-6.el9_5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) openssl-1:3.2.2-6.el9_5, openssl-libs-1:3.2.2-6.el9_5

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShiftAffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat 3scale API Management Platform 2AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2024:9333
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2024:9333
Not affected: 7 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • Red Hat JBoss Core Services
  • Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-4603
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-85xr-ghj6-6m46

References

  • TI-2022-01915 The c_rehash script allows command injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-02645 SM2 Decryption Buffer Overflow CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2009-03392 The TLS protocol, and the SSL protocol 3.0 and possibly earlier, as used in Microsoft… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-01176 The c_rehash script allows command injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2014-00154 The (1) TLS and (2) DTLS implementations in OpenSSL 1.0.1 before 1.0.1g do not properly… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2025-14107 Stack buffer overflow in CMS (Auth)EnvelopedData parsing CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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