<p>Upgrade <code>Centos:8</code> <code>golang</code> to version 0:1.13.15-1.module+el8.2.0+7662+fa98b974 or higher.</p>

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting golang package, versions <0:1.13.15-1.module+el8.2.0+7662+fa98b974

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4.23% (93^rd percentile)

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Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-GOLANG-2046973
published 26 Jul 2021
disclosed 6 Aug 2020

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Introduced: 6 Aug 2020

CVE-2020-16845 Open this link in a new tab CWE-835 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 golang to version 0:1.13.15-1.module+el8.2.0+7662+fa98b974 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream golang package and not the golang package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 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

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

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting golang package, versions <0:1.13.15-1.module+el8.2.0+7662+fa98b974

Severity

Based on CentOS security rating