CVE-2022-2879
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-10-14 00:00
Modified
2025-02-13 16:32
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
security@golang.orghttps://go.dev/cl/439355Patch
security@golang.orghttps://go.dev/issue/54853Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
security@golang.orghttps://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/xtuG5faxtaUMailing List, Release Notes
security@golang.orghttps://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2022-1037Vendor Advisory
security@golang.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-09
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://go.dev/cl/439355Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://go.dev/issue/54853Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/xtuG5faxtaUMailing List, Release Notes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2022-1037Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-09
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Go standard library archive/tar Version: 0   ≤
Version: 1.19.0-0   ≤
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