Go Scanner on Go Line Number infinite loop

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Go Scanner on Go. This impacts an unknown function of the component Line Number Handler. The manipulation leads to infinite loop. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2023-24537. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Go Scanner on Go (version now known). This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Line Number Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a infinite loop vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-835. The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Calling any of the Parse functions on Go source code which contains //line directives with very large line numbers can cause an infinite loop due to integer overflow.

The weakness was published 04/07/2023. The advisory is shared at go.dev. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-24537 since 01/25/2023. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 211543 (Oracle Linux 9 : podman (ELSA-2024-9102)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (211543) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2023-1378). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Affected

  • Amazon Linux 2
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Oracle Linux
  • Red Hat OpenShift
  • IBM Spectrum Protect
  • RESF Rocky Linux

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

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Class: Infinite loop
CWE: CWE-835 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 211543
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 9 : podman (ELSA-2024-9102)

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Timelineinfo

01/25/2023 🔍
04/07/2023 +71 days 🔍
04/07/2023 +0 days 🔍
11/30/2025 +968 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: go.dev
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-24537 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-24537
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-225245
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2023-1378 - Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Umgehen von Sicherheitsvorkehrungen

Entryinfo

Created: 04/07/2023 09:07
Updated: 11/30/2025 14:18
Changes: 04/07/2023 09:07 (37), 04/24/2023 10:36 (11), 11/20/2024 04:09 (17), 11/30/2025 14:18 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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