#VU88184 Resource exhaustion in Go programming language - CVE-2023-45288


| Updated: 2024-08-27

Vulnerability identifier: #VU88184

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 7.7 [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:P/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-45288

CWE-ID: CWE-400

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: Yes

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 insufficient limitations placed on the amount of CONTINUATION frames that can be sent within a single HTTP/2 stream. A remote attacker can send specially crafted HTTP/2 requests to the server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Go programming language: 1, 1.0 - 1.0.3, 1.1 - 1.19.13, 1.2 - 1.22.1, 1.3 - 1.3.3, 1.4 - 1.4.3, 1.5 - 1.5.4, 1.6 - 1.6.4, 1.7 - 1.7.6, 1.8 - 1.8.7, 1.9 - 1.9.7


External links
http://go.dev/issue/65051
http://go.dev/cl/576155
http://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/YgW0sx8mN3M
http://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2024-2687


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. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.


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