The Go SSH library (x/crypto/ssh) by default does not verify host keys, facilitating man-in-the-middle attacks. Default behavior changed in commit e4e2799 to require explicitly registering a hostkey verification mechanism.
References
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97481 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
https://bridge.grumpy-troll.org/2017/04/golang-ssh-security/ | Third Party Advisory |
https://github.com/golang/crypto/commit/e4e2799dd7aab89f583e1d898300d96367750991 | Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://github.com/golang/go/issues/19767 | Third Party Advisory |
https://godoc.org/golang.org/x/crypto/ssh | Vendor Advisory |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: certcc
Published: 2017-04-04T14:00:00
Updated: 2017-04-07T09:57:01
Reserved: 2016-12-05T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2017-3204
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2017-04-04T14:59:00.180
Modified: 2020-07-07T18:21:43.420
Link: CVE-2017-3204
JSON object: View
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