ubuntu-cve-2017-1000098
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2017-10-05 01:29
Modified
2025-10-24 04:46
Summary
Details

The net/http package's Request.ParseMultipartForm method starts writing to temporary files once the request body size surpasses the given "maxMemory" limit. It was possible for an attacker to generate a multipart request crafted such that the server ran out of file descriptors.

Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "golang-1.6",
            "binary_version": "1.6.2-0ubuntu5~16.04.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "golang-1.6-go",
            "binary_version": "1.6.2-0ubuntu5~16.04.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "golang-1.6-src",
            "binary_version": "1.6.2-0ubuntu5~16.04.4"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "golang-1.6",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/golang-1.6@1.6.2-0ubuntu5~16.04.4?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.6-0ubuntu1",
        "1.6-0ubuntu2",
        "1.6-0ubuntu3",
        "1.6-0ubuntu4",
        "1.6-0ubuntu5",
        "1.6.1-0ubuntu1",
        "1.6.2-0ubuntu5~16.04",
        "1.6.2-0ubuntu5~16.04.2",
        "1.6.2-0ubuntu5~16.04.3",
        "1.6.2-0ubuntu5~16.04.4"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "The net/http package\u0027s Request.ParseMultipartForm method starts writing to temporary files once the request body size surpasses the given \"maxMemory\" limit. It was possible for an attacker to generate a multipart request crafted such that the server ran out of file descriptors.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000098",
  "modified": "2025-10-24T04:46:41Z",
  "published": "2017-10-05T01:29:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000098"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/golang-dev/4NdLzS8sls8/uIz8QlnIBQAJ"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://golang.org/cl/30410"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-1000098"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2017-1000098"
  ]
}



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