QID 997620

Date Published: 2024-03-06

QID 997620: PHP (Composer) Security Update for phpseclib/phpseclib (GHSA-hg35-mp25-qf6h)

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.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a security breach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 6.2 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5 severity.
    • Solution
    Refer to Github security advisory GHSA-hg35-mp25-qf6h for updates and patch information.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 997620

    CVE-2024-27354 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    GHSA-hg35-mp25-qf6h phpseclib/phpseclib URL Logo github.com/advisories/GHSA-hg35-mp25-qf6h
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