Denial of service in Go programming language

1) Uncontrolled Recursion

EUVDB-ID: #VU54910

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-31525

CWE-ID: CWE-674 - Uncontrolled Recursion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a DoS attack.

The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled recursion when processing HTTP headers. A remote attacker can send a large header to ReadRequest or ReadResponse and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Go programming language: 1.15 - 1.16.3

External links

http://github.com/golang/go/issues/45710
http://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/cu9SP4eSXMc
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ISRZZ6NY5R2TBYE72KZFOCO25TEUQTBF/

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.