Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm Affecting golang-tests package, versions <0:1.18.6-1.42.amzn1


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-AMZN201803-GOLANGTESTS-3029945
  • published22 Sept 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:2018.03 golang-tests to version 0:1.18.6-1.42.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2022-1635.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream golang-tests package and not the golang-tests package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 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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