Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting conmon package, versions <3:2.1.6-1.module+el8.8.0+21045+adcb6a64


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.19% (56th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE8-CONMON-5598791
  • published 3 Aug 2022
  • disclosed 10 Aug 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 conmon to version 3:2.1.6-1.module+el8.8.0+21045+adcb6a64 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2023-2758.

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.

Uncontrolled recursion in Decoder.Decode in encoding/gob before Go 1.17.12 and Go 1.18.4 allows an attacker to cause a panic due to stack exhaustion via a message which contains deeply nested structures.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

7.5 high
  • 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
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SUSE

5.5 medium
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Red Hat

7.5 high