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FreeBSD: VID-C365536D-E3CF-11EB-9D8D-B37B683944C2 (CVE-2021-34558): go -- crypto/tls: clients can panic when provided a certificate of the wrong type for the negotiated parameters

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FreeBSD: VID-C365536D-E3CF-11EB-9D8D-B37B683944C2 (CVE-2021-34558): go -- crypto/tls: clients can panic when provided a certificate of the wrong type for the negotiated parameters

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
07/07/2021
Created
11/08/2022
Added
11/04/2022
Modified
11/04/2022

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-go

References

  • CVE-2021-34558

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