CVE-2016-3959

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.

References

https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/golang-announce/9eqIHqaWvck

https://go-review.googlesource.com/#/c/21533/

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/05/2

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/05/1

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1538.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00077.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183137.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183106.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182526.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3