CVE-2018-16875

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-16875
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-12-14 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:53:00 UTC
DescriptionThe crypto/x509 package of Go before 1.10.6 and 1.11.x before 1.11.3 does not limit the amount of work performed for each chain verification, which might allow attackers to craft pathological inputs leading to a CPU denial of service. Go TLS servers accepting client certificates and TLS clients are affected.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-295

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Golang Go All All All All
Application Golang Go All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.3 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.3 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1444-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Google Groups groups.google.com
Google Groups MISC groups.google.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1079-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1499-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
1657565 – (CVE-2018-16875) CVE-2018-16875 golang: crypto/x509 allows for denial of service via crafted TLS client certificate CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1506-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1703-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Go: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201812-09) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
Golang Go CVE-2018-16875 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 174971 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for containerd, docker, runc (SUSE-SU-2021:1458-1)
  • 296075 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 21.69.0 Missing (CPUAPR2020)
  • 710317 Gentoo Linux Go Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201812-09)
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