VYPR
High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published May 23, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-3959

CVE-2016-3959

Description

The Verify function in crypto/dsa/dsa.go in Go before 1.5.4 and 1.6.x before 1.6.1 does not properly check parameters passed to the big integer library, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted public key to a program that uses HTTPS client certificates or SSH server libraries.

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