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golang.org/x/net/http/httpguts vulnerable to Uncontrolled Recursion

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated May 20, 2024

Package

gomod golang.org/x/net (Go)

Affected versions

< 0.0.0-20210428140749-89ef3d95e781

Patched versions

0.0.0-20210428140749-89ef3d95e781

Description

golang.org/x/net/http/httpguts in Go before 1.15.12 and 1.16.x before 1.16.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via a large header to ReadRequest or ReadResponse. Server, Transport, and Client can each be affected in some configurations.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database May 27, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Reviewed Feb 8, 2023
Last updated May 20, 2024

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

0.850%
(83rd percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2021-31525

GHSA ID

GHSA-h86h-8ppg-mxmh

Source code

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