Denial of service in Go programming language

1) Race condition

EUVDB-ID: #VU55668

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-2021-36221

CWE-ID: CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in net/http/httputil ReverseProxy when handling ErrAbortHandler events. A remote attacker can trigger a race condition and crash the ReverseProxy.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Go programming language: 1.15 - 1.16.6

External links

http://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/JvWG9FUUYT0
http://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/golang-announce
http://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/uHACNfXAZqk

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.