Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package golang-src (opens in a new tab)
Threat Intelligence
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- published5 Apr 2023
- disclosed4 Apr 2023
Introduced: 4 Apr 2023
CVE-2023-24537 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Red Hat security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for RHEL:7.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream golang-src package and not the golang-src package as distributed by RHEL.
Calling any of the Parse functions on Go source code which contains //line directives with very large line numbers can cause an infinite loop due to integer overflow.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-24537
- https://go.dev/cl/482078
- https://go.dev/issue/59180
- https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/Xdv6JL9ENs8
- https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2023-1702
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-09
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241129-0004/