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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-38561: Out-of-bounds Read

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-38561: Out-of-bounds Read

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
12/26/2022
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
08/23/2024

Description

golang.org/x/text/language in golang.org/x/text before 0.3.7 can panic with an out-of-bounds read during BCP 47 language tag parsing. Index calculation is mishandled. If parsing untrusted user input, this can be used as a vector for a denial-of-service attack.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-git-lfs

References

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