vulnerability
Red Hat OpenShift: CVE-2021-38561: golang: out-of-bounds read in golang.org/x/text/language leads to DoS
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Dec 26, 2022 | Aug 21, 2023 | Mar 30, 2026 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Dec 26, 2022
Added
Aug 21, 2023
Modified
Mar 30, 2026
Description
golang.org/x/text/language in golang.org/x/text before 0.3.7 can panic with an out-of-bounds read during BCP 47 language tag parsing. Index calculation is mishandled. If parsing untrusted user input, this can be used as a vector for a denial-of-service attack.
Solutions
linuxrpm-upgrade-cri-olinuxrpm-upgrade-haproxylinuxrpm-upgrade-kernel-rtlinuxrpm-upgrade-openshift
References
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