Denial of service in Go



Published: 2021-12-10 | Updated: 2022-02-22
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2021-44716
CWE-ID CWE-20
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
Subscribe 		Go programming language
Universal components / Libraries / Scripting languages

Vendor Google

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU58824

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1:

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-44716

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Go programming language: 1.17 - 1.17.4, 1.16 - 1.16.11

CPE2.3 External links

http://github.com/golang/go/issues/50058


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?



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