Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting libgomp package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    4.31% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-LIBGOMP-2005162
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 6 Aug 2020

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 libgomp.

NVD Description

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

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

7.5 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • 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

7.5 high
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SUSE

5.3 medium