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Memory leaks in code encrypting and verifying RSA payloads

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Mar 20, 2024 in golang-fips/openssl • Updated Apr 30, 2024

Package

gomod github.com/golang-fips/go (Go)

Affected versions

<= 1.22.1

Patched versions

None
gomod github.com/golang-fips/openssl/openssl (Go)
<= 0
None
gomod github.com/golang-fips/openssl/v2 (Go)
<= 2.0.0
2.0.1
gomod github.com/microsoft/go-crypto-openssl (Go)
<= 0.2.8
None
gomod github.com/microsoft/go-crypto-openssl/openssl (Go)
<= 0.2.8
0.2.9

Description

Using crafted public RSA keys which are not compliant with SP 800-56B can cause a small memory leak when encrypting and verifying payloads.

An attacker can leverage this flaw to gradually erode available memory to the point where the host crashes for lack of resources. Upon restart the attacker would have to begin again, but nevertheless there is the potential to deny service.

References

@gdams gdams published to golang-fips/openssl Mar 20, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Mar 20, 2024
Reviewed Mar 20, 2024
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Mar 21, 2024
Last updated Apr 30, 2024

Severity

High
7.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE ID

CVE-2024-1394

GHSA ID

GHSA-78hx-gp6g-7mj6

Source code

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