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FreeBSD: VID-BC7AFF8C-D806-11EA-A5AA-0800272260E5 (CVE-2020-16845): go -- encoding/binary: ReadUvarint and ReadVarint can read an unlimited number of bytes from invalid inputs

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FreeBSD: VID-BC7AFF8C-D806-11EA-A5AA-0800272260E5 (CVE-2020-16845): go -- encoding/binary: ReadUvarint and ReadVarint can read an unlimited number of bytes from invalid inputs

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
08/06/2020
Created
08/10/2020
Added
08/07/2020
Modified
10/20/2020

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.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-go

References

  • CVE-2020-16845

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