Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting golang-tests package, versions <0:1.13.15-1.59.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.01% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-GOLANGTESTS-1724382
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed6 Aug 2020

Introduced: 6 Aug 2020

CVE-2020-16845  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 golang-tests to version 0:1.13.15-1.59.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2020-1436.

NVD Description

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

Go before 1.13.15 and 14.x before 1.14.7 can have an infinite read loop in ReadUvarint and ReadVarint in encoding/binary via invalid inputs.

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