{"id":"CVE-2016-3959","details":"The Verify function in crypto/dsa/dsa.go in Go before 1.5.4 and 1.6.x before 1.6.1 does not properly check parameters passed to the big integer library, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted public key to a program that uses HTTPS client certificates or SSH server libraries.","aliases":["GO-2022-0166"],"modified":"2026-05-15T12:01:55.909856411Z","published":"2016-05-23T19:59:04.477Z","related":["openSUSE-SU-2024:10028-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:10803-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:10804-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:10805-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:10812-1"],"database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"cpes":["cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"],"extracted_events":[{"last_affected":"22"},{"last_affected":"23"},{"last_affected":"24"}],"source":"CPE_FIELD","vendor_product":"fedoraproject:fedora"},{"cpes":["cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"],"extracted_events":[{"last_affected":"42.1"}],"source":"CPE_FIELD","vendor_product":"opensuse:leap"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182526.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183106.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183137.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00077.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/05/1"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/05/2"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://go-review.googlesource.com/#/c/21533/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/golang-announce/9eqIHqaWvck"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1538.html"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}