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CVE-2020-9283 (GCVE-0-2020-9283)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-02-20 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-04 10:26
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Summary
golang.org/x/crypto before v0.0.0-20200220183623-bac4c82f6975 for Go allows a panic during signature verification in the golang.org/x/crypto/ssh package. A client can attack an SSH server that accepts public keys. Also, a server can attack any SSH client.
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