CVE-2016-3959

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-3959
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-05-23T19:59:04
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-10-30T16:27:32
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.5
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00077.html
https://go-review.googlesource.com/#/c/21533/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/05/2
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183137.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182526.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/05/1
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183106.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1538.html
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/golang-announce/9eqIHqaWvck
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3959
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3959
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:57:15 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 09:40:19 2016-05-23T19:59Z 2016-05-23T19:59:04 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 09:40:19 2018-10-30T16:27:32 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 09:40:19 Modified Vulnerability Status updated