CVE-2016-3959
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v2
5.0
VIR risk
7.5
Description
Denial of service due to unchecked parameters in crypto/dsa
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3959.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| suse | 42.1 | affected | |
| fedora | 22 | affected | |
| fedora | 23 | affected | |
| fedora | 24 | affected | |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | stdlib | >=1.6.0-0,<1.6.1 | 1.5.4 |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3959.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182526.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183106.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183137.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00077.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1538.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/05/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/05/2
- https://go-review.googlesource.com/#/c/21533/
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/golang-announce/9eqIHqaWvck
- https://go.dev/cl/21533
- https://go.googlesource.com/go/+/eb876dd83cb8413335d64e50aae5d38337d1ebb4
- https://go.dev/issue/15184
- https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/9eqIHqaWvck
CWEs
CWE-20
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.