CVE-2016-3959
Go DSA Public Key Verification DoS
Description
The Verify function in crypto/dsa/dsa.go in Go before 1.5.4 and 1.6.x before 1.6.1 does not properly check parameters passed to the big integer library, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted public key to a program that uses HTTPS client certificates or SSH server libraries.
INFO
Published Date :
May 23, 2016, 7:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 7, 2023, 2:32 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2016-3959 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit
available at Github.
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Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2016-3959
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2016-3959
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We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
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Analysis of CVE-2016-3959 and a Proof of Concept Attack Against a Go SSH Server.
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2016-3959
vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2016-3959
vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference MITRE https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/golang-announce/9eqIHqaWvck [No types assigned] Removed Reference MITRE https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/golang-announce/9eqIHqaWvck -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 30, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 13, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/golang-announce/9eqIHqaWvck [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/golang-announce/9eqIHqaWvck [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 05, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1538.html [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
May. 25, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 4 OR *cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Added CWE CWE-20 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 25, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/golang-announce/9eqIHqaWvck Added Reference https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/golang-announce/9eqIHqaWvck -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
May. 24, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-3959
is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-3959
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Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
2.72 }} -1.47%
score
0.90660
percentile