SB2016052303 - Input validation error in Google, Go programming language
Published: May 23, 2016 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016052303
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3959)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The Verify function in crypto/dsa/dsa.go in Go before 1.5.4 and 1.6.x before 1.6.1 does not properly check parameters passed to the big integer library, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted public key to a program that uses HTTPS client certificates or SSH server libraries.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182526.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183106.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183137.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00077.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1538.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/05/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/05/2
- https://go-review.googlesource.com/#/c/21533/
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/golang-announce/9eqIHqaWvck