Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting golang-shared package, versions <0:1.18.3-1.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-GOLANGSHARED-2976902
  • published9 Aug 2022
  • disclosed11 Mar 2021

Introduced: 11 Mar 2021

CVE-2021-27918  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 golang-shared to version 0:1.18.3-1.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2022-1830.

NVD Description

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

encoding/xml in Go before 1.15.9 and 1.16.x before 1.16.1 has an infinite loop if a custom TokenReader (for xml.NewTokenDecoder) returns EOF in the middle of an element. This can occur in the Decode, DecodeElement, or Skip method.

CVSS Scores

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