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Red Hat OpenShift: CVE-2022-2879: golang: archive/tar: unbounded memory consumption when reading headers

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Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
2022-10-14
Added
2023-01-26
Modified
2025-04-11

Description

Reader.Read does not set a limit on the maximum size of file headers. A maliciously crafted archive could cause Read to allocate unbounded amounts of memory, potentially causing resource exhaustion or panics. After fix, Reader.Read limits the maximum size of header blocks to 1 MiB.

Solution(s)

linuxrpm-upgrade-buildahlinuxrpm-upgrade-conmonlinuxrpm-upgrade-openshift-clientslinuxrpm-upgrade-podmanlinuxrpm-upgrade-skopeo

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