CVE-2022-2879

Name
CVE-2022-2879
Description
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.
NVD Severity
medium
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
MISC https://go.dev/issue/54853
MISC https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/xtuG5faxtaU
MISC https://go.dev/cl/439355
MISC https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2022-1037
FEDORA https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/THKJHFMX4DAZXJ5MFPN3BNHZDN7BW5RI/

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* go >= 1.19.0 < 1.19.2
cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* go >= None < 1.18.7

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
go 3.16-community 1.18.7-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> fixed