Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm Affecting golang package, versions <0:1.18.5-1.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.42% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-GOLANG-3042537
  • published12 Oct 2022
  • disclosed18 Mar 2022

Introduced: 18 Mar 2022

CVE-2022-27191  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-327  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 golang to version 0:1.18.5-1.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2022-1846.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream golang package and not the golang package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

The golang.org/x/crypto/ssh package before 0.0.0-20220314234659-1baeb1ce4c0b for Go allows an attacker to crash a server in certain circumstances involving AddHostKey.

References

CVSS Scores

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