Improperly Controlled Sequential Memory Allocation Affecting golang package, versions <0:1.18.5-1.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-GOLANG-3042662
  • published12 Oct 2022
  • disclosed10 Aug 2022

Introduced: 10 Aug 2022

CVE-2022-1962  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1325  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 golang to version 0:1.18.5-1.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2022-1846.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream golang package and not the golang package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

Uncontrolled recursion in the Parse functions in go/parser before Go 1.17.12 and Go 1.18.4 allow an attacker to cause a panic due to stack exhaustion via deeply nested types or declarations.

CVSS Scores

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