Vulnerability identifier: #VU68779
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID:
CWE-ID:
CWE-129
Exploitation vector: Network
Exploit availability: No
Vulnerable software:
Go Text
Universal components / Libraries /
Libraries used by multiple products
Vendor: Go
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of array index in language.ParseAcceptLanguage while processing a BCP 47 tag. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request containing a malformed HTTP Accept-Language header and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versions
Go Text: 0.1.0 - 0.3.5
External links
http://github.com/golang/go/issues/42536
http://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210212-0004/
http://github.com/golang/go/issues/42535
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.