#VU65267 Improper Certificate Validation in Go programming language - CVE-2022-27536
Published: July 13, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU65267
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-27536
CWE-ID: CWE-295
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Go programming language
Go programming language
Software vendor:
Google
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to certificate.Verify in crypto/x509 in Go can be caused to panic on macOS when presented with certain malformed certificates. A remote unauthenticated attacker can use a TLS server to cause a TLS client to panic.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.