MGASA-2019-0310 - Updated golang packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 02 Nov 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0310.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2019-17596

Updated golang packages fix security vulnerability:

Daniel Mandragona discovered that invalid DSA public keys can cause a panic
in dsa.Verify(), resulting in denial of service (CVE-2019-17596).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25616
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/golang-announce/lVEm7llp0w0/VbafyRkgCgAJ
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4551
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-17596

SRPMS:
- 7/core/golang-1.12.11-1.mga7

Mageia 2019-0310: golang security update

Updated golang packages fix security vulnerability: Daniel Mandragona discovered that invalid DSA public keys can cause a panic in dsa.Verify(), resulting in denial of service (CV...

Summary

Updated golang packages fix security vulnerability:
Daniel Mandragona discovered that invalid DSA public keys can cause a panic in dsa.Verify(), resulting in denial of service (CVE-2019-17596).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25616

- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/golang-announce/lVEm7llp0w0/VbafyRkgCgAJ

- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4551

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-17596

Resolution

MGASA-2019-0310 - Updated golang packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 7/core/golang-1.12.11-1.mga7

Severity
Publication date: 02 Nov 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0310.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2019-17596

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