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CVE-2019-6486
Go before 1.10.8 and 1.11.x before 1.11.5 mishandles P-521 and...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://github.com/golang/go/issues/29903
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4380
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/golang-announce/mVeX35iXuSw
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4379
- https://github.com/golang/go/commit/42b42f71cf8f5956c09e66230293dfb5db652360
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00009.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106740
- https://github.com/google/wycheproof
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00042.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00060.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00015.html
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
go, debian linux, leap
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.11.1, 8.0, 9.0, 15.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
January 24th, 2019
Last Modified:
August 4th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.