8.2
HIGH
CVE-2019-6486
Facebook ssh elliptic curve vulnerability (DOS/RR)
Description

Go before 1.10.8 and 1.11.x before 1.11.5 mishandles P-521 and P-384 elliptic curves, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) or possibly conduct ECDH private key recovery attacks.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 24, 2019, 5:29 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:13 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

4.2

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-6486 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Opensuse leap
1 Golang go

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-6486 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.

  • 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/mVeX35iXuSw [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/golang-announce/mVeX35iXuSw
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 24, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-400 CWE-770
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00015.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00011.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 27, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00060.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 18, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/google/wycheproof No Types Assigned https://github.com/google/wycheproof Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00042.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00042.html Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 05, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00042.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 21, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/google/wycheproof [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 26, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
    Changed CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106740 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106740 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4379 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4379 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00009.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00009.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4380 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4380 Third Party Advisory
    Removed CWE CWE-399
    Added CWE CWE-400
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 07, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00009.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 02, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4380 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4379 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106740 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 25, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/golang-announce/mVeX35iXuSw No Types Assigned https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/golang-announce/mVeX35iXuSw Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/golang/go/commit/42b42f71cf8f5956c09e66230293dfb5db652360 No Types Assigned https://github.com/golang/go/commit/42b42f71cf8f5956c09e66230293dfb5db652360 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/golang/go/issues/29903 No Types Assigned https://github.com/golang/go/issues/29903 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-399
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.10.8 *cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.11.1 up to (excluding) 1.11.5
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-6486 is associated with the following CWEs:

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

1.71 }} -0.11%

score

0.88101

percentile

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