Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package golang-golang-x-net-dev (opens in a new tab)

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Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-GOLANGGOLANGXNETDEV-337288
published28 Oct 2018
disclosed1 Oct 2018

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Introduced: 1 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-17846 (opens in a new tab) CWE-835 (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:16.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream golang-golang-x-net-dev package and not the golang-golang-x-net-dev package as distributed by Ubuntu.

The html package (aka x/net/html) through 2018-09-25 in Go mishandles <table><math><select><mi><select></table>, leading to an infinite loop during an html.Parse call because inSelectIM and inSelectInTableIM do not comply with a specification.