Ubuntu.comUB:CVE-2019-11840CVE-2019-11840
5.9 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
0.008 Low
EPSS
Percentile
81.4%
An issue was discovered in supplementary Go cryptography libraries, aka
golang-googlecode-go-crypto, before 2019-03-20. A flaw was found in the
amd64 implementation of golang.org/x/crypto/salsa20 and
golang.org/x/crypto/salsa20/salsa. If more than 256 GiB of keystream is
generated, or if the counter otherwise grows greater than 32 bits, the
amd64 implementation will first generate incorrect output, and then cycle
back to previously generated keystream. Repeated keystream bytes can lead
to loss of confidentiality in encryption applications, or to predictability
in CSPRNG applications.
Bugs
- <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1691529>
- <https://github.com/golang/go/issues/30965>
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| jdstrand | snapd contains an embedded copy of golang-go.crypto with the affected code snapd doesn’t import/use the salsa code directly, but does vendor golang-gopkg-macaroon.v1, which imports golang.org/x/crypto/nacl/secretbox which does import salsa and contains the affected salsa2020XORKeyStream. snapd uses secretbox.Open() and secretbox.Seal(), both of which use salsa.XORKeyStream() (which wraps salsa2020XORKeyStream) via the internal decrypt() and encrypt() functions, respectively. In macaroon.v1, encrypt() is only used via AddThirdPartyCaveat() and decrypt() via Verify(). . overlord/auth/auth.go in snapd uses Verify() in CheckMacaroon(), daemon/api.go uses CheckMacaroon() in UserFromRequest(), which is called by ServeHTTP(), the service used to process snap commands from the local system to the local snapd. This CVE does not affect decrypt() operations. . AddThirdPartyCaveat() is only used in unit tests, but not in the binaries of snapd builds. . For snapd, ignoring since only encryption operations (ie, secretbox.Seal()) are affected with regard to loss of confidentiality/predictability and this function is only ever (ultimately) called via the snapd unit tests. lxd contains an embedded copy of golang-go.crypto, but does not import golang.org/x/crypto/nacl/secretbox or salsa. lxd in cosmic and later does not contain the affected code. |
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | 18.04 | noarch | golang-go.crypto | < any | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 16.04 | noarch | golang-go.crypto | < any | UNKNOWN |
References
go.googlesource.com/crypto/+/b7391e95e576cacdcdd422573063bc057239113d
groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/golang-announce/tjyNcJxb2vQ/n0NRBziSCAAJ
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2019-11840
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11840
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-11840
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-11840
Related
5.9 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
0.008 Low
EPSS
Percentile
81.4%