Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting golang-1.13 package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.65% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-GOLANG113-1073827
  • published7 Aug 2020
  • 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?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:16.04 golang-1.13.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream golang-1.13 package and not the golang-1.13 package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 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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