CVE-2019-11840

Medium

Description

An issue was discovered in the supplementary Go cryptography library, golang.org/x/crypto, before v0.0.0-20190320223903-b7391e95e576. A flaw was found in the amd64 implementation of the golang.org/x/crypto/salsa20 and golang.org/x/crypto/salsa20/salsa packages. If more than 256 GiB of keystream is generated, or if the counter otherwise grows greater than 32 bits, the amd64 implementation will first generate incorrect output, and then cycle back to previously generated keystream. Repeated keystream bytes can lead to loss of confidentiality in encryption applications, or to predictability in CSPRNG applications.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.9
Exploit probability—
ProductGolang Crypto
PublishedMay 9, 2019
First seenMay 9, 2019

How to fix

Update
  • golang.org/x/crypto0.0.0-20190320223903-b7391e95e576 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
golang cryptoNo range specified—
debian debian_linux8.0, 9.0, 10.0—
golang.org/x/cryptoGov < 0.0.0-20190320223903-b7391e95e5760.0.0-20190320223903-b7391e95e576

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