CVE-2019-11841

A message-forgery issue was discovered in crypto/openpgp/clearsign/clearsign.go in supplementary Go cryptography libraries 2019-03-25. According to the OpenPGP Message Format specification in RFC 4880 chapter 7, a cleartext signed message can contain one or more optional "Hash" Armor Headers. The "Hash" Armor Header specifies the message digest algorithm(s) used for the signature. However, the Go clearsign package ignores the value of this header, which allows an attacker to spoof it. Consequently, an attacker can lead a victim to believe the signature was generated using a different message digest algorithm than what was actually used. Moreover, since the library skips Armor Header parsing in general, an attacker can not only embed arbitrary Armor Headers, but also prepend arbitrary text to cleartext messages without invalidating the signatures.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:golang:crypto:2019-03-25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

17 Jun 2023, 00:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • (MLIST) https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00017.html -

03 May 2022, 14:22

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
First Time Debian
Debian debian Linux
CWE CWE-310 CWE-347
References (MLIST) https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00014.html - (MLIST) https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00014.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References (MLIST) https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00011.html - (MLIST) https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00011.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

Information

Published : 2019-05-22 17:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:59


NVD link : CVE-2019-11841

Mitre link : CVE-2019-11841

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2019-11841


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Products Affected

golang

  • crypto

debian

  • debian_linux
CWE
CWE-347

Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature