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CVE-2019-6486
Published:January 24, 2019
Updated:May 17, 2026
Go before 1.10.8 and 1.11.x before 1.11.5 mishandles P-521 and P-384 elliptic curves, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) or possibly conduct ECDH private key recovery attacks.
Related Resources (20)
https://go.dev/issue/29903
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00009.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00011.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106740
https://github.com/golang/go/commit/42b42f71cf8f5956c09e66230293dfb5db652360
https://github.com/golang/go/issues/29903
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-6486
https://go.googlesource.com/go/+/193c16a3648b8670a762e925b6ac6e074f468a20
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/golang-announce/mVeX35iXuSw
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00042.html
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/mVeX35iXuSw
https://go.dev/cl/159218
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4379
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4380
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00060.html
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/golang-announce/mVeX35iXuSw
https://github.com/google/wycheproof
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-6486
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-6486
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00015.html
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
LOW
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
8.2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CWE-770
EPSS
Base Score:
0.85