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x/vulndb: potential Go vuln in golang.org/x/crypto/openpgp/clearsign: GHSA-x3jr-pf6g-c48f #1992

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In GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-x3jr-pf6g-c48f, there is a vulnerability in the following Go packages or modules:

Unit Fixed Vulnerable Ranges
golang.org/x/crypto/openpgp/clearsign 0.1.0 < 0.1.0

Cross references:
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modules:
    - module: golang.org/x/crypto/openpgp/clearsign
      versions:
        - fixed: 0.1.0
      packages:
        - package: golang.org/x/crypto/openpgp/clearsign
summary: Golang/crypto message forgery vulnerability
description: |-
    A message-forgery issue was discovered in crypto/openpgp/clearsign/clearsign.go
    in supplementary Go cryptography libraries 2019-03-25. According to the OpenPGP
    Message Format specification in RFC 4880 chapter 7, a cleartext signed message
    can contain one or more optional "Hash" Armor Headers. The "Hash" Armor Header
    specifies the message digest algorithm(s) used for the signature. However, the
    Go clearsign package ignores the value of this header, which allows an attacker
    to spoof it. Consequently, an attacker can lead a victim to believe the
    signature was generated using a different message digest algorithm than what was
    actually used. Moreover, since the library skips Armor Header parsing in
    general, an attacker can not only embed arbitrary Armor Headers, but also
    prepend arbitrary text to cleartext messages without invalidating the
    signatures.
cves:
    - CVE-2019-11841
ghsas:
    - GHSA-x3jr-pf6g-c48f
references:
    - web: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11841
    - web: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00011.html
    - web: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00014.html
    - web: http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152840/Go-Cryptography-Libraries-Cleartext-Message-Spoofing.html
    - web: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00017.html
    - fix: https://github.com/golang/crypto/commit/c05e17bb3b2dca130fc919668a96b4bec9eb9442
    - web: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/golang-openpgp/6vdgZoTgbIY/K6bBY9z3DAAJ
    - advisory: https://web.archive.org/web/20201207161832/https://sec-consult.com/en/blog/advisories/cleartext-message-spoofing-in-go-cryptography-libraries-cve-2019-11841/
    - advisory: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x3jr-pf6g-c48f

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