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FreeBSD: VID-7F242313-AEA5-11EB-8151-67F74CF7C704 (CVE-2021-31525): go -- net/http: ReadRequest can stack overflow due to recursion with very large headers

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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
3
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/22/2021
Created
11/08/2022
Added
11/04/2022
Modified
11/04/2022

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(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-go

References

  • CVE-2021-31525

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