CVE-2016-3959

Aliases:GO-2022-0166
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 8
Modified
Published: 23 May 2016, 19:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 00:10

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
2.47% LOW
2% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

23 May 2016, 19:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 00:10
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 2.47%• Percentile: 86%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-20•Improper Input Validation

    The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

Affected Systems

  • fedoraproject•fedora

    22 | 23 | 24

  • golang•go

    1.6 | ≤ 1.5

  • Go•stdlib

    ≥ 1.6.0-0, < 1.6.1

  • opensuse•leap

    42.1

References (13)