Summary
USN-7839-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Go Cryptography. This update provides
the corresponding update in the Go Cryptography module included in Google
Guest Agent.
Original advisory details:
Damien Tournoud, Patrick Dawkins, Vince Parker, and Jules Duvivier
discovered that Go Cryptography incorrectly handled public keys during SSH
operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass
authorization mechanisms.
Fixed packages 5
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS | google-guest-agent | 20250116.00-0ubuntu1~22.04.1 |
| Ubuntu · 24.04 LTS 24.04:LTS | google-guest-agent | 20250116.00-0ubuntu1~24.04.2 |
| Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS | google-guest-agent | 20240716.00-0ubuntu1~16.04.0+esm1 |
| Ubuntu · Pro 18.04 LTS Pro:18.04:LTS | google-guest-agent | 20241011.01-0ubuntu1~18.04.0+esm1 |
| Ubuntu · Pro 20.04 LTS Pro:20.04:LTS | google-guest-agent | 20250116.00-0ubuntu1~20.04.0+esm1 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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Critical 9.1CVE-2024-45337 Public exploit
Misuse of connection.serverAuthenticate may cause authorization bypass in golang.org/x/crypto
Applications and libraries which misuse connection.serverAuthenticate (via callback field ServerConfig.PublicKeyCallback) may be susceptible to an authorization bypass. The documentation for ServerConfig.PublicKeyCallback says that "A call to this function do…
References
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-45337