GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go

GHSA-r5c5-pr8j-pfp7 golang.org/x/crypto/salsa20/salsa uses insufficiently random values

MEDIUM Published 2022-05-24 Modified 2023-09-29 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2019-11840
Ecosystem
Go
Packages
golang.org/x/crypto
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-330
Reviewed
2023-02-08

Affected packages

• Go golang.org/x/crypto: < 0.0.0-20190320223903-b7391e95e576 → fixed in 0.0.0-20190320223903-b7391e95e576

Description

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. Specific Go Packages Affected golang.org/x/crypto/salsa20/salsa

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2019-11840 An issue was discovered in the supplementary Go cryptography library, golang.org/x/crypto, before v0.0.0-20190320223903-b7391e95e576. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-330 Use of Insufficiently Random Values weakness

References