Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting olcne-api-server package, versions <0:1.2.3-9.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-OLCNEAPISERVER-2598448
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed11 Mar 2021

Introduced: 11 Mar 2021

CVE-2021-27918  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 olcne-api-server to version 0:1.2.3-9.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2021-9268.

NVD Description

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

encoding/xml in Go before 1.15.9 and 1.16.x before 1.16.1 has an infinite loop if a custom TokenReader (for xml.NewTokenDecoder) returns EOF in the middle of an element. This can occur in the Decode, DecodeElement, or Skip method.

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