DEBIAN-CVE-2023-50981

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-50981
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-50981.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-50981
Upstream
Published
2023-12-18T04:15:51.147Z
Modified
2025-11-20T10:16:48.569931Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

ModularSquareRoot in Crypto++ (aka cryptopp) through 8.9.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted DER public-key data associated with squared odd numbers, such as the square of 268995137513890432434389773128616504853.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / libcrypto++

Package

Name
libcrypto++
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libcrypto%2B%2B?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

8.*

8.4.0-1
8.5.0-1
8.6.0-1
8.6.0-2
8.6.0-3
8.7.0-1
8.7.0+git220824-1
8.8.0-1
8.8.0-2
8.9.0-1
8.9.0-1.1~exp1
8.9.0-1.1
8.9.0-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / libcrypto++

Package

Name
libcrypto++
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libcrypto%2B%2B?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

8.*

8.7.0+git220824-1
8.8.0-1
8.8.0-2
8.9.0-1
8.9.0-1.1~exp1
8.9.0-1.1
8.9.0-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / libcrypto++

Package

Name
libcrypto++
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libcrypto%2B%2B?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

8.*

8.9.0-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / libcrypto++

Package

Name
libcrypto++
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libcrypto%2B%2B?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

8.*

8.9.0-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}