CVE-2021-34558
Published: 15 July 2021
The crypto/tls package of Go through 1.16.5 does not properly assert that the type of public key in an X.509 certificate matches the expected type when doing a RSA based key exchange, allowing a malicious TLS server to cause a TLS client to panic.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| mdeslaur | Packages built using golang need to be rebuilt once the vulnerability has been fixed. This CVE entry does not list packages that need rebuilding outside of the main repository or the Ubuntu variants with PPA overlays. |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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golang Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
impish |
Does not exist
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| jammy |
Does not exist
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| kinetic |
Does not exist
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| lunar |
Does not exist
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| trusty |
Does not exist
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| xenial |
Does not exist
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| bionic |
Does not exist
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| focal |
Does not exist
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| groovy |
Does not exist
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| hirsute |
Does not exist
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| upstream |
Needs triage
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golang-1.10 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
groovy |
Does not exist
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| hirsute |
Does not exist
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| impish |
Does not exist
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| jammy |
Does not exist
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| kinetic |
Does not exist
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| lunar |
Does not exist
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| trusty |
Needs triage
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| upstream |
Needs triage
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| xenial |
Needs triage
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| bionic |
Needs triage
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| focal |
Does not exist
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golang-1.13 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Needs triage
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| focal |
Needs triage
|
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| groovy |
Ignored
(end of life)
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| hirsute |
Ignored
(end of life)
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| impish |
Ignored
(end of life)
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| jammy |
Needs triage
|
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| lunar |
Does not exist
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| trusty |
Does not exist
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| upstream |
Needs triage
|
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| xenial |
Needs triage
|
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| kinetic |
Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
|
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golang-1.14 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Does not exist
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| focal |
Needs triage
|
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| hirsute |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
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| impish |
Does not exist
|
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| jammy |
Does not exist
|
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| kinetic |
Does not exist
|
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| lunar |
Does not exist
|
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| trusty |
Does not exist
|
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| upstream |
Needs triage
|
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| xenial |
Does not exist
|
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| groovy |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
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|
golang-1.15 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Does not exist
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| focal |
Does not exist
|
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| impish |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
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| xenial |
Does not exist
|
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| groovy |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
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| hirsute |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
|
golang-1.16 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
focal |
Needs triage
|
| groovy |
Does not exist
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| impish |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
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| jammy |
Does not exist
|
|
| kinetic |
Does not exist
|
|
| lunar |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| xenial |
Ignored
(end of standard support)
|
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| bionic |
Needs triage
|
|
| hirsute |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
|
golang-1.6 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Does not exist
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| focal |
Does not exist
|
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| groovy |
Does not exist
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| hirsute |
Does not exist
|
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| impish |
Does not exist
|
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| jammy |
Does not exist
|
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| kinetic |
Does not exist
|
|
| lunar |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| xenial |
Needs triage
|
|
|
golang-1.8 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Needs triage
|
| focal |
Does not exist
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| groovy |
Does not exist
|
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| hirsute |
Does not exist
|
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| impish |
Does not exist
|
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| jammy |
Does not exist
|
|
| kinetic |
Does not exist
|
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| lunar |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
|
golang-1.9 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Needs triage
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| groovy |
Does not exist
|
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| hirsute |
Does not exist
|
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| impish |
Does not exist
|
|
| jammy |
Does not exist
|
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| kinetic |
Does not exist
|
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| lunar |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
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| xenial |
Does not exist
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Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 6.5 |
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-34558
- https://github.com/golang/go/issues/47143
- https://github.com/golang/go/commit/58bc454a11d4b3dbc03f44dfcabb9068a9c076f4 (1.16.x)
- https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce
- https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/n9FxMelZGAQ
- https://golang.org/doc/devel/release#go1.16.minor
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian