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


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (48th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-GOLANGBIN-2046088
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed17 Jun 2020

Introduced: 17 Jun 2020

CVE-2020-14040  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 golang-bin 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-bin package and not the golang-bin package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

The x/text package before 0.3.3 for Go has a vulnerability in encoding/unicode that could lead to the UTF-16 decoder entering an infinite loop, causing the program to crash or run out of memory. An attacker could provide a single byte to a UTF16 decoder instantiated with UseBOM or ExpectBOM to trigger an infinite loop if the String function on the Decoder is called, or the Decoder is passed to golang.org/x/text/transform.String.

CVSS Scores

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