Resource Exhaustion Affecting libgo package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.33% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-LIBGO-1992011
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed18 Dec 2018

Introduced: 18 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-20657  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 libgo.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libgo package and not the libgo package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The demangle_template function in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31.1, has a memory leak via a crafted string, leading to a denial of service (memory consumption), as demonstrated by cxxfilt, a related issue to CVE-2018-12698.