Improperly Controlled Sequential Memory Allocation Affecting golang-tests package, versions <0:1.18.6-1.42.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (58th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-GOLANGTESTS-3029958
  • published22 Sept 2022
  • disclosed10 Aug 2022

Introduced: 10 Aug 2022

CVE-2022-30631  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1325  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 golang-tests to version 0:1.18.6-1.42.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2022-1635.

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.

Uncontrolled recursion in Reader.Read in compress/gzip before Go 1.17.12 and Go 1.18.4 allows an attacker to cause a panic due to stack exhaustion via an archive containing a large number of concatenated 0-length compressed files.

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