Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting openshift-clients package, versions <0:4.4.0-202011122017.p0.git.3445.6937a03.el7


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.01% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-OPENSHIFTCLIENTS-3376248
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed6 Aug 2020

Introduced: 6 Aug 2020

CVE-2020-16845  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 openshift-clients to version 0:4.4.0-202011122017.p0.git.3445.6937a03.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHBA-2020:5123.

NVD Description

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

Go before 1.13.15 and 14.x before 1.14.7 can have an infinite read loop in ReadUvarint and ReadVarint in encoding/binary via invalid inputs.

References

CVSS Scores

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