CVE-2018-16875

Medium

Description

The 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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.9
Exploit probability—
ProductGo
PublishedDec 14, 2018
First seenDec 14, 2018

How to fix

Update
  • golang go1.10.6, 1.11.3 or later
  • stdlib1.10.6, 1.11.3 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
golang gov < 1.10.6, 1.11.0 ≤ v < 1.11.31.10.6, 1.11.3
opensuse leap42.3—
stdlibGov < 1.10.6, 1.11.0-0 ≤ v < 1.11.31.10.6, 1.11.3

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