CVE-2017-8932

Summary

CVECVE-2017-8932
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-07-06 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionA bug in the standard library ScalarMult implementation of curve P-256 for amd64 architectures in Go before 1.7.6 and 1.8.x before 1.8.2 causes incorrect results to be generated for specific input points. An adaptive attack can be mounted to progressively extract the scalar input to ScalarMult by submitting crafted points and observing failures to the derive correct output. This leads to a full key recovery attack against static ECDH, as used in popular JWT libraries.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 5.9 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-682 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary5.9MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 25 All All All
Application Golang Go 1.8 All All All
Application Golang Go 1.8.1 All All All
Application Golang Go All All All All
Application Novell Suse Package Hub For Suse Linux Enterprise 12 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1455191 – CVE-2017-8932 golang: Elliptic curvers carry propagation issue in x86-64 P-256 [fedora-all] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 25 Update: golang-1.7.6-1.fc25 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
crypto/elliptic: fix carry bug in x86-64 P-256 implementation. · golang/go@9294fa2 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2017:1650-1: moderate: Security update for go af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
Google Groups af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 groups.google.com Vendor Advisory
crypto/elliptic: carry bug in x86-64 P-256 · Issue #20040 · golang/go · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Third Party Advisory
go-review.googlesource.com/c/41070 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 go-review.googlesource.com Vendor Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2017:1649-1: moderate: Security update for go af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 25 Update: golang-1.7.6-1.fc25 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MITRE lists.fedoraproject.org
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