Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting conmon package, versions <3:2.0.21-4.el8
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EPSS
0.09% (41st
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE8-CONMON-2597621
- published 10 Apr 2022
- disclosed 11 Mar 2021
Introduced: 11 Mar 2021
CVE-2021-27918 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Oracle:8 conmon to version 3:2.0.21-4.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2021-9267.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream conmon package and not the conmon package as distributed by Oracle.
See How to fix? for Oracle:8 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.
References
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2021-27918.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2021-3076.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2021-9267.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2021-9268.html
- https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/MfiLYjG-RAw
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-02
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