CVE-2019-6486
Public on 2019-01-24
Modified on 2019-03-25
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.
Severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | golang | 2019-03-07 | ALAS-2019-1172 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | golang | 2019-03-07 | ALAS2-2019-1172 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 6.4 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 8.2 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H |