#VU55665 Improper Certificate Validation in Go programming language


Published: 2021-08-25

Vulnerability identifier: #VU55665

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1:

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-34558

CWE-ID: CWE-295

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: Yes

Vulnerable software:
Go programming language
Universal components / Libraries / Scripting languages

Vendor: Google

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper certificate verification in crypto/tls package in Go when processing X.509 certificates. The application does not properly assert that the type of public key in an X.509 certificate matches the expected type when doing a RSA based key exchange, allowing a malicious TLS server to cause a TLS client to panic.

Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Go programming language: 1.16 - 1.16.5


CPE

External links
http://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce
http://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/n9FxMelZGAQ
http://golang.org/doc/devel/release#go1.16.minor
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3BA7MFVXRBEKRTLSLYDICTYCGEMK2HZ7/
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D7FRFM7WWR2JCT6NORQ7AO6B453OMI3I/
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WXJ2MVMAHOIGRH37ZSFYC4EVWLJFL2EQ/
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JYIUSR4YP52PWG7YE7AA3DZ5OSURNFJB/


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