vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2021-44716): google-guest-agent vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Jan 1, 2022 | Nov 19, 2024 | Apr 16, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jan 1, 2022
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Apr 16, 2026
Description
net/http in Go before 1.16.12 and 1.17.x before 1.17.5 allows uncontrolled memory consumption in the header canonicalization cache via HTTP/2 requests.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-google-guest-agent
References
- CVE-2021-44716
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2021-44716
- CWE-400
- EUVD-EUVD-2022-0700
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2022-0700
- https://github.com/golang/go/commit/48d948963c5ce7add72af5665a871caff6c1d35a
- https://github.com/golang/net/commit/491a49abca63de5e07ef554052d180a1b5fe2d70
- https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/hcmEScgc00k/m/ZWnOjeY4CQAJ
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-44716
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