CVE-2020-7919
Published: August 31, 2023Last modified: July 22, 2025
Description
Go before 1.12.16 and 1.13.x before 1.13.7 (and the crypto/cryptobyte package before 0.0.0-20200124225646-8b5121be2f68 for Go) allows attacks on clients (resulting in a panic) via a malformed X.509 certificate.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7.5 |
| Attack Vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | NONE |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | NONE |
| Integrity impact | NONE |
| Availability impact | HIGH |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | containerd | Not affected (1.6.18-r2) |
| go | Not affected (1.19.9-r1) | ||
| Stream | containerd | Not affected (1.7.5-r0) | |
| go | Not affected (1.21.0-r2) | ||
| Hardened Containers | 23 LTS | go | Not affected (1.19.9-r1) |
| Stream | go | Not affected (1.21.0-r2) |
References
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/golang-announce
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/golang-announce/-sdUB4VEQkA
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/golang-announce/Hsw4mHYc470
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/golang-announce
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/golang-announce/-sdUB4VEQkA
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/golang-announce/Hsw4mHYc470
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S43VLYRURELDWX4D5RFOYBNFGO6CGBBC/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/S43VLYRURELDWX4D5RFOYBNFGO6CGBBC/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200327-0001/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4848
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html