vulnerability
Red Hat OpenShift: CVE-2020-16845: golang: ReadUvarint and ReadVarint can read an unlimited number of bytes from invalid inputs
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Aug 6, 2020 | Dec 29, 2020 | Mar 30, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Aug 6, 2020
Added
Dec 29, 2020
Modified
Mar 30, 2026
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.
Solutions
linuxrpm-upgrade-apblinuxrpm-upgrade-atomic-enterprise-service-cataloglinuxrpm-upgrade-atomic-openshift-service-idlerlinuxrpm-upgrade-buildahlinuxrpm-upgrade-containernetworking-pluginslinuxrpm-upgrade-cri-olinuxrpm-upgrade-cri-toolslinuxrpm-upgrade-faqlinuxrpm-upgrade-golang-github-prometheus-promulinuxrpm-upgrade-ignitionlinuxrpm-upgrade-jenkins-2-pluginslinuxrpm-upgrade-kubefed-clientlinuxrpm-upgrade-machine-config-daemonlinuxrpm-upgrade-openshiftlinuxrpm-upgrade-openshift-clientslinuxrpm-upgrade-openshift-eventrouterlinuxrpm-upgrade-podmanlinuxrpm-upgrade-redhat-release-coreoslinuxrpm-upgrade-runclinuxrpm-upgrade-skopeo
References
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