#VU68387 Resource management error in Go programming language - CVE-2022-2879

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#VU68387 Resource management error in Go programming language - CVE-2022-2879

Published: October 18, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU68387
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-2022-2879
CWE-ID: CWE-399
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 denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to absent limits on the maximum size of file headers within the Reader.Read method in archive/tar. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted file to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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