Vulnerability Details CVE-2016-3959
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.033
EPSS Ranking 86.8%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.5
CVSS v2 Score 5.0
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/#%21topic/golang-announce/9eqIHqaWvck
- 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/#%21topic/golang-announce/9eqIHqaWvck
Products affected by CVE-2016-3959
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cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:-
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cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:0.0.0-20201203163018-be400aefbc4c
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cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:1.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:1.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:1.0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:1.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:1.1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:1.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:1.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:1.3
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cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:1.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:1.3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:1.3.3
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cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:1.4
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cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:1.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:1.4.2
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cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:1.4.3
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cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:1.5
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cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:1.6
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cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22
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cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23
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cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24
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cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1