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CVE-2020-7711

Denial of Service (DoS)

Published: Aug 23, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-476
7.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.8%
Top 24.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

This affects all versions of package github.com/russellhaering/goxmldsig. There is a crash on nil-pointer dereference caused by sending malformed XML signatures.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-476

Affected Products

Go
package-ecosystem
github.com/russellhaering/goxmldsig
OSS Libraries
github.com/russellhaering/gosaml2
OSS Libraries
goxmldsig project
oss-projectaka goxmldsig
goxmldsigLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Impact
Initial Access
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References

https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMRUSSELLHAERINGGOXMLDSIG-608301
snyk.io
https://github.com/russellhaering/goxmldsig/issues/48
github.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7711
nvd.nist.gov
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