CVE-2020-16845 Information

Description

Go before 1.13.15 and 14.x before 1.14.7 can have an infinite read loop in ReadUvarint and ReadVarint in encoding/binary via invalid inputs.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00021.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00028.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00029.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00030.html https://groups.google.com/forum/!topic/golang-announce/_ulYYcIWg3Q https://groups.google.com/forum/!topic/golang-announce/NyPIaucMgXo https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6RCFJTMKHY5ICGEM5BUFUEDDGSPJ25XU/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KWRBAH4UZJO3RROQ72SYCUPFCJFA22FO/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TACQFZDPA7AUR6TRZBCX2RGRFSDYLI7O/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WV2VWKFTH4EJGZBZALVUJQJOAQB5MDQ4/ https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200924-0002/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5