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GHSA-8gx8-4ch8-vgp8
GHSA-8gx8-4ch8-vgp8
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 14, 2022
The crypto/x509 package of Go before 1.10.6 and 1.11.x before 1.11.3 does not limit the amount of work performed for each chain verification, which might allow attackers to craft pathological inputs leading to a CPU denial of service. Go TLS servers accepting client certificates and TLS clients are affected.
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Timeline
- May 14, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory
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vulnetix vdb vuln GHSA-8gx8-4ch8-vgp8
vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-8gx8-4ch8-vgp8
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References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16875 advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16875 url
- https://groups.google.com/forum/?pli=1#!topic/golang-announce/Kw31K8G7Fi0 url
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-09 url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-03/msg00044.html url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00060.html url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00011.html url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00015.html url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00010.html url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106230 url