High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 27, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-8618
CVE-2015-8618
Description
The Int.Exp Montgomery code in the math/big library in Go 1.5.x before 1.5.3 mishandles carry propagation and produces incorrect output, which makes it easier for attackers to obtain private RSA keys via unspecified vectors.
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Affected products
10- osv-coords5 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/go1.10&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/go1.11&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/go1.12&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/go1.9&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/go&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 1.10.8-8.2+ 4 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.8-8.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.11.13-10.5
- (no CPE)range: < 1.12.17-4.8
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.7-11.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.7.0-2.1
Patches
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References
9- github.com/golang/go/issues/13515nvdPatch
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175642.htmlnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176179.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00077.htmlnvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/21/6nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/22/9nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/13/7nvd
- go-review.googlesource.comnvd
- groups.google.com/forum/nvd
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