CVE-2022-2879 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Standard Library Archive TAR

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling10 documents8 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 96.65%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
GO Standard Library Archive TARGolang GO
Timeline
PublishedOct 14
Latest updateJan 9

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5go_standard_library/archive_tar1.19.0-0 — 1.19.2+1
▶NVDgolang/go1.19.0 — 1.19.2+1

Patches

Patch: go.dev ↗Patch: go.dev ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-fqpx-62jv-7r6r: Reader↗2022-10-14
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CVEList
Unbounded memory consumption when reading headers in archive/tar↗2022-10-14
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OSV
CVE-2022-2879: Reader↗2022-10-14
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OSV
Unbounded memory consumption when reading headers in archive/tar↗2022-10-06
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📋Vendor Advisories

5
Ubuntu
Go vulnerabilities↗2024-01-09
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Ubuntu
Go vulnerabilities↗2023-04-25
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Microsoft
Unbounded memory consumption when reading headers in archive/tar↗2022-10-11
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Red Hat
golang: archive/tar: github.com/vbatts/tar-split: unbounded memory consumption when reading headers↗2022-10-04
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Debian
CVE-2022-2879: golang-1.15 - Reader.Read does not set a limit on the maximum size of file headers. A maliciou...↗2022
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CVE-2022-2879 — HIGH severity | cvebase