#VU83928 Resource exhaustion in Go programming language


Published: 2023-12-06

Vulnerability identifier: #VU83928

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-39326

CWE-ID: CWE-400

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Go programming language
Universal components / Libraries / Scripting languages

Vendor: Google

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when handling HTTP chunked requests. A remote attacker can send specially crafted HTTP requests to the server and consume excessive memory resources.

Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Go programming language: 1.21 rc1 - 1.21.4, 1.20 - 1.20.11


External links
http://github.com/golang/go/issues/64433
http://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/iLGK3x6yuNo


Q & A

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.


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