Advisories » MGASA-2016-0207

Updated golang package fixes CVE-2016-3959

Publication date: 23 May 2016
Modification date: 23 May 2016
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases : 5
CVE: CVE-2016-3959

Description

Updated golang packages fix security vulnerability:

Go has an infinite loop in several big integer routines that makes
Go programs vulnerable to remote denial of service attacks. Programs
using HTTPS client authentication or the Go ssh server libraries are
both exposed to this vulnerability (CVE-2016-3959).
                

References

• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18482
• https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00077.html
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3959

SRPMS

5/core

• golang-1.6.2-7.mga5