Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting golang-misc package, versions <0:1.17.12-1.module+el8.6.0+20710+66aa75bb


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-GOLANGMISC-2969822
  • published3 Aug 2022
  • disclosed10 Aug 2022

Introduced: 3 Aug 2022

CVE-2022-30631  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-674  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 golang-misc to version 0:1.17.12-1.module+el8.6.0+20710+66aa75bb or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2022-5775.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream golang-misc package and not the golang-misc package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Uncontrolled recursion in Reader.Read in compress/gzip before Go 1.17.12 and Go 1.18.4 allows an attacker to cause a panic due to stack exhaustion via an archive containing a large number of concatenated 0-length compressed files.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1