Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc package, versions <0.46.0
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.1% (44th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-GOLANG-GOOPENTELEMETRYIOCONTRIBINSTRUMENTATIONGOOGLEGOLANGORGGRPCOTELGRPC-8366355
- published 11 Nov 2024
- disclosed 10 Nov 2023
- credit Unknown
Introduced: 10 Nov 2023
CVE-2023-47108 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc to version 0.46.0 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in the grpc Unary Server Interceptor, an attacker can cause the server's potential memory exhaustion by sending many malicious requests.
Workaround
This vulnerability can be mitigated by using a view to remove the attributes or disabling grpc metrics instrumentation by passing otelgrpc.WithMeterProvider option with noop.NewMeterProvider.
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CVSS Scores
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