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Debian: CVE-2017-1000098: golang, golang-1.7, golang-1.8 -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2017-1000098: golang, golang-1.7, golang-1.8 -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
10/04/2017
Created
03/19/2019
Added
02/25/2019
Modified
06/19/2020

Description

The net/http package's Request.ParseMultipartForm method starts writing to temporary files once the request body size surpasses the given "maxMemory" limit. It was possible for an attacker to generate a multipart request crafted such that the server ran out of file descriptors.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-golang
  • debian-upgrade-golang-1-7
  • debian-upgrade-golang-1-8

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