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CVE-2023-24537

Infinite loop in parsing in go/scanner

Published: Apr 6, 2023Updated: Feb 12, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-190
7.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.4%
Top 29.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

Calling any of the Parse functions on Go source code which contains //line directives with very large line numbers can cause an infinite loop due to integer overflow.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

CWE-190

Affected Products

Red Hat Inc.
commercial·USaka red hat
Red Hat Enterprise LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Ceph StorageOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat StorageOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat QuayOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat AMQ BrokerOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat 3scale API Management PlatformOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Openshift Service MeshOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Openshift Data FoundationOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Novell Inc.
commercial·US
openSUSE TumbleweedOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
OpenSUSE LeapOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP ApplicationsOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Suse Linux Enterprise DesktopOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
SUSE Manager Retail Branch ServerOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
SUSE Manager ProxyOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
SUSE Manager ServerOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance ComputingOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
golang
oss-project·US
go
OSS Libraries
Go standard library
oss-project·USaka golang standard library, net/http, html/template, crypto/x509
go/scannerLibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
Canonical Ltd.
commercial·GBaka canonical
UbuntuOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
Debian GNU/LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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1 technique
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References

https://go.dev/cl/482078
go.dev
https://go.dev/issue/59180
go.dev
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/Xdv6JL9ENs8
groups.google.com
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