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CVE-2018-16875
The crypto/x509 package of Go before 1.10.6 and 1.11.x before 1.11.3 does not limit the amount of work performed for each chain verification, which might allow…
Impact
The crypto/x509 package of Go before 1.10.6 and 1.11.x before 1.11.3 does not limit the amount of work performed for each chain verification, which might allow attackers to craft pathological inputs leading to a CPU denial of service. Go TLS servers accepting client certificates and TLS clients are affected.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Golang | Go | before 1.10.6 from 1.11.0 before 1.11.3 |
| Opensuse | Leap | Version 42.3 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-03/msg00044.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00060.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00010.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106230
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16875
- https://groups.google.com/forum/?pli=1#%21topic/golang-announce/Kw31K8G7Fi0
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-09
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-03/msg00044.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00060.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00010.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106230
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16875
- https://groups.google.com/forum/?pli=1#%21topic/golang-announce/Kw31K8G7Fi0
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-09