#VU54910 Uncontrolled Recursion in Go programming language - CVE-2021-31525

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#VU54910 Uncontrolled Recursion in Go programming language - CVE-2021-31525

Published: July 15, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU54910
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-31525
CWE-ID: CWE-674
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Go programming language
Software vendor:
Google

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.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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