Google Go up to 1.10.7/1.11.4 Elliptic Curve resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Google Go up to 1.10.7/1.11.4. This affects an unknown function of the component Elliptic Curve Handler. Such manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2019-6486. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Go up to 1.10.7/1.11.4 (Programming Language Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Elliptic Curve Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The bug was discovered 01/24/2019. The weakness was released 01/24/2019 (GitHub Repository). The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-6486 since 01/18/2019. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 236585 (Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0069: go-toolset:rhel8 (ALINUX3-SA-2021:0069)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 176575 (Debian Security Update for golang-1.8 (DSA 4380-1)).

Upgrading to version 1.10.8 or 1.11.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (236585) and SecurityFocus (BID 106740†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-112969, VDB-113514, VDB-114860 and VDB-118267. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.8

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 236585
Nessus Name: Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0069: go-toolset:rhel8 (ALINUX3-SA-2021:0069)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Go 1.10.8/1.11.5
Patch: github.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com

Advisory: 42b42f71cf8f5956c09e66230293dfb5db652360
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2019-6486 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-6486
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-130226
SecurityFocus: 106740 - Golang Go CVE-2019-6486 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/24/2019 15:27
Updated: 05/21/2025 07:01
Changes: 01/24/2019 15:27 (64), 05/06/2020 07:13 (4), 07/03/2023 12:18 (5), 07/03/2023 12:26 (1), 05/21/2025 07:01 (21)
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Cache ID: 216:310:103

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