vulnerability
Arch Linux: Denial of service (CVE-2021-33196)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Aug 2, 2021 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Aug 2, 2021
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025
Description
A security issue has been found in Go before version 1.16.5. Due to a pre-allocation optimization in zip.NewReader, a malformed archive which indicates it has a significant number of files can cause either a panic or memory exhaustion.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2021-33196
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2021-33196
- URL-https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce
- URL-https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/RgCMkAEQjSI
- URL-https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00016.html
- URL-https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00017.html
- URL-https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00021.html
- URL-https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202106-42
- URL-https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-02
- CWE-20
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