x/crypto/ssh vulnerable to panic via malformed packets
High severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
Sep 7, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Aug 30, 2023
Package
Affected versions
< 0.0.0-20211202192323-5770296d904e
Patched versions
0.0.0-20211202192323-5770296d904e
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Sep 6, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Sep 7, 2022
Reviewed
Sep 16, 2022
Last updated
Aug 30, 2023
The x/crypto/ssh package before 0.0.0-20211202192323-5770296d904e of golang.org/x/crypto allows an unauthenticated attacker to panic an SSH server. When using AES-GCM or ChaCha20Poly1305, consuming a malformed packet which contains an empty plaintext causes a panic.
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