Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2021-41772 |
CWE-ID | CWE-20 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Go programming language Universal components / Libraries / Scripting languages |
Vendor |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU66120
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1:
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-41772
CWE-ID:
CWE-20 - Improper input validation
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in archive/zip Reader.Open. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted ZIP archive containing an invalid name or an empty filename field to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsGo programming language: 1.16 - 1.17.2
CPE2.3 External linkshttp://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/0fM21h43arc
http://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211210-0003/
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4OFS3M3OFB24SWPTIAPARKGPUMQVUY6Z/
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ON7BQRRJZBOR5TJHURBAB3WLF4YXFC6Z/
http://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-02
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