#VU62039 Use of a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm in Go programming language - CVE-2022-27191 

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#VU62039 Use of a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm in Go programming language - CVE-2022-27191

Published: April 10, 2022 / Updated: April 13, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU62039
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-2022-27191
CWE-ID: CWE-327
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Go programming language
Software vendor:
Google

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to an error in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh before 0.0.0-20220314234659-1baeb1ce4c0b, as used in Go programming language. A remote attacker can crash a server in certain circumstances involving AddHostKey.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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