vulnerability
FreeBSD: VID-7f242313-aea5-11eb-8151-67f74cf7c704 (CVE-2021-31525): go -- net/http: ReadRequest can stack overflow due to recursion with very large headers
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | May 6, 2021 | Nov 4, 2022 | Jun 15, 2026 |
Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
May 6, 2021
Added
Nov 4, 2022
Modified
Jun 15, 2026
Description
net/http in Go before 1.15.12 and 1.16.x before 1.16.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via a large header to ReadRequest or ReadResponse. Server, Transport, and Client can each be affected in some configurations.
Solution
freebsd-upgrade-package-go
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