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golang.org/x/crypto/ssh Denial of service via crafted Signer

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Mar 19, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Aug 30, 2023

Package

gomod golang.org/x/crypto (Go)

Affected versions

< 0.0.0-20220314234659-1baeb1ce4c0b

Patched versions

0.0.0-20220314234659-1baeb1ce4c0b

Description

The golang.org/x/crypto/ssh package before 0.0.0-20220314234659-1baeb1ce4c0b for Go allows an attacker to crash a server in certain circumstances involving AddHostKey.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Mar 18, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Mar 19, 2022
Reviewed Mar 30, 2022
Last updated Aug 30, 2023

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(24th percentile)

Weaknesses

Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

The product uses a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm or protocol. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2022-27191

GHSA ID

GHSA-8c26-wmh5-6g9v

Source code

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