CVE-2015-8618

NameCVE-2015-8618
DescriptionThe Int.Exp Montgomery code in the math/big library in Go 1.5.x before 1.5.3 mishandles carry propagation and produces incorrect output, which makes it easier for attackers to obtain private RSA keys via unspecified vectors.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs809168

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
golang (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)2:1.3.3-1+deb8u5fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
golangsourcewheezy(not affected)
golangsourcejessie(not affected)
golangsource(unstable)2:1.5.3-1809168

Notes

[jessie] - golang <not-affected> (Introduced in 1.5 release)
[wheezy] - golang <not-affected> (Introduced in 1.5 release)
https://go-review.googlesource.com/#/c/17672/
Introduced in 1.5 release. Fixed in 1.5.3 upstream.
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/21/6

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