Denial of service in Go Net

1) Infinite loop

EUVDB-ID: #VU65693

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-33194

CWE-ID: CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop. A remote attacker can pass crafted ParseFragment  input to the application, consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Go Net: before 0.0.0-20210520170846-37e1c6afe023

External links

http://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/wPunbCPkWUg
http://github.com/golang/net/commit/37e1c6afe02340126705deced573a85ab75209d7
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4CHKSFMHZVOBCZSSVRE3UEYNKARTBMTM/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.