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Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package snapd  (opens in a new tab)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1910-SNAPD-634629
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed20 Feb 2020
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Introduced: 20 Feb 2020

CVE-2020-9283  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-347  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:19.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream snapd package and not the snapd package as distributed by Ubuntu.

golang.org/x/crypto before v0.0.0-20200220183623-bac4c82f6975 for Go allows a panic during signature verification in the golang.org/x/crypto/ssh package. A client can attack an SSH server that accepts public keys. Also, a server can attack any SSH client.