Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting go1.14-doc package, versions <1.14.7-1.15.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.65% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-GO114DOC-2702949
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed7 Sept 2020

Introduced: 7 Sep 2020

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

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 go1.14-doc to version 1.14.7-1.15.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream go1.14-doc package and not the go1.14-doc package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.2 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 Base Scores

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