#VU66120 Input validation error in Go programming language - CVE-2021-41772
Published: August 4, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU66120
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-41772
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Go programming language
Go programming language
Software vendor:
Google
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 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.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
External links
- https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/0fM21h43arc
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211210-0003/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4OFS3M3OFB24SWPTIAPARKGPUMQVUY6Z/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ON7BQRRJZBOR5TJHURBAB3WLF4YXFC6Z/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-02