CVE-2022-27191

Publication date 18 March 2022

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

The golang.org/x/crypto/ssh package before 0.0.0-20220314234659-1baeb1ce4c0b for Go allows an attacker to crash a server in certain circumstances involving AddHostKey.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
golang-go.crypto	24.04 LTS noble	Needs evaluation
	23.10 mantic	Ignored
	23.04 lunar	Ignored
	22.10 kinetic	Ignored
	22.04 LTS jammy	Needs evaluation
	21.10 impish	Ignored
	20.04 LTS focal	Needs evaluation
	18.04 LTS bionic	Needs evaluation
	16.04 LTS xenial	Needs evaluation
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
lxd	22.04 LTS jammy	Not in release
	21.10 impish	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
snapd	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Not affected
	23.04 lunar	Not affected
	22.10 kinetic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	21.10 impish	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

Notes

jdstrand

snapd contains an embedded copy of golang-go.crypto lxd in 18.04 LTS and earlier contains an embedded copy of golang-go.crypto

mdeslaur

snapd and lxd only use the terminal sub-package, not the ssh part of golang-go.crypto, so they are not vulnerable

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H