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CVE-2021-3121

Published: Jan 11, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-129
NVD MITRE
8.6CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
3.5%
Top 12.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

An issue was discovered in GoGo Protobuf before 1.3.2. plugin/unmarshal/unmarshal.go lacks certain index validation, aka the "skippy peanut butter" issue.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:LI:LA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-129

Affected Products

protobufgolangOSS Libraries
consulhashicorp
On-prem
Cloud & SaaS / api-gateway
github.com/gogo/protobufGoOSS Libraries
GoGo ProtobufСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ОСОН ОСнова ОnyxАО «НППКТ»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
golangoss-projectUSOSS Libraries
hashicorpcommercialUSCloud & SaaSaka hashicorp inc.
gopackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
ао «нппкт»commercialRUOperating Systems
and 2 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-23-consul-exposed-to-denial-of-service-in-gogo-protobuf-dependency/29025
discuss.hashicorp.com
https://github.com/gogo/protobuf/commit/b03c65ea87cdc3521ede29f62fe3ce239267c1bc
github.com
https://github.com/gogo/protobuf/compare/v1.3.1...v1.3.2
github.com
and 16 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Jan 11, 2021
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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