Unchecked Return Value Affecting golang-1.8 package, versions <1.8.1-1+deb9u5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.79% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-GOLANG18-2399911
  • published12 Feb 2022
  • disclosed11 Feb 2022

Introduced: 11 Feb 2022

CVE-2022-23806  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-252  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 golang-1.8 to version 1.8.1-1+deb9u5 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream golang-1.8 package and not the golang-1.8 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Curve.IsOnCurve in crypto/elliptic in Go before 1.16.14 and 1.17.x before 1.17.7 can incorrectly return true in situations with a big.Int value that is not a valid field element.

CVSS Scores

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