| Name | CVE-2015-8618 |
| Description | The Int.Exp Montgomery code in the math/big library in Go 1.5.x before 1.5.3 mishandles carry propagation and produces incorrect output, which makes it easier for attackers to obtain private RSA keys via unspecified vectors. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| NVD severity | medium |
| Debian Bugs | 809168 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| golang (PTS) | jessie | 2:1.3.3-1 | fixed |
| jessie (security) | 2:1.3.3-1+deb8u2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| golang | source | (unstable) | 2:1.5.3-1 | 809168 | ||
| golang | source | jessie | (not affected) | |||
| golang | source | wheezy | (not affected) |
[jessie] - golang <not-affected> (Introduced in 1.5 release)
[wheezy] - golang <not-affected> (Introduced in 1.5 release)
https://go-review.googlesource.com/#/c/17672/
Introduced in 1.5 release. Fixed in 1.5.3 upstream.
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/21/6