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CVE-2022-2879

UNKNOWN
Published 2022-10-14T00:00:00.000Z
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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.

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No exploits available for this CVE.

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Affected Products

Go standard library

archive/tar

Affected Versions:

0 1.19.0-0

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-fqpx-62jv-7r6r

Advisory Details

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.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2879
WEB https://go.dev/cl/439355
WEB https://go.dev/issue/54853
WEB https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/xtuG5faxtaU
WEB https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/THKJHFMX4DAZXJ5MFPN3BNHZDN7BW5RI
WEB https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2022-1037
WEB https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-09

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: October 14, 2022, Modified: October 18, 2022

References

https://go.dev/issue/54853
https://go.dev/cl/439355
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/xtuG5faxtaU
https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2022-1037
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-09
Published: 2022-10-14T00:00:00.000Z
Last Modified: 2025-02-13T16:32:38.510Z
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