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CVE-2022-2879

Date: October 13, 2022

Reader.Read does not set a limit on the maximum size of file headers. A maliciously crafted archive could cause Read to allocate unbounded amounts of memory, potentially causing resource exhaustion or panics. After fix, Reader.Read limits the maximum size of header blocks to 1 MiB.

Language: Go

Severity Score

Related Resources (11)

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-2879
https://go.dev/issue/54853
https://go.dev/cl/439355
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-09
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2879
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2879
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/THKJHFMX4DAZXJ5MFPN3BNHZDN7BW5RI/
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/xtuG5faxtaU
https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2022-1037
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2022-2879
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2022-2879

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CWE-770

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

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