SB2022041372 - Fedora 35 update for golang-x-crypto
Published: April 13, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022041372
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) Use of a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-27191)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an error in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh before 0.0.0-20220314234659-1baeb1ce4c0b, as used in Go programming language. A remote attacker can crash a server in certain circumstances involving AddHostKey.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.