Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting golang-misc package, versions <0:1.15.12-1.67.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.85% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN201803-GOLANGMISC-1726417
  • published 27 Sep 2021
  • disclosed 27 May 2021

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 golang-misc to version 0:1.15.12-1.67.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2021-1512.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream golang-misc package and not the golang-misc package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

net/http in Go before 1.15.12 and 1.16.x before 1.16.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via a large header to ReadRequest or ReadResponse. Server, Transport, and Client can each be affected in some configurations.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

5.9 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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Red Hat

5.9 medium
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SUSE

6.5 medium