Google Go up to 1.22.6/1.23.0 go-parser Parse resource consumption

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Google Go up to 1.22.6/1.23.0 and classified as problematic. This affects the function Parse of the component go-parser. The manipulation leads to resource consumption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-34155. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Go up to 1.22.6/1.23.0. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects the function Parse of the component go-parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Calling any of the Parse functions on Go source code which contains deeply nested literals can cause a panic due to stack exhaustion.

The advisory is shared at groups.google.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-34155. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 207753 (AlmaLinux 9 : golang (ALSA-2024:6913)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 1.22.7 or 1.23.1 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at x.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (207753) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2024-3250). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Affected

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Red Hat OpenShift
• Atlassian Bitbucket
• Atlassian Confluence

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Type

• Programming Language Software

Vendor

• Google

Name

• Go

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15
• 1.16
• 1.17
• 1.18
• 1.19
• 1.20
• 1.21
• 1.22
• 1.22.0
• 1.22.1
• 1.22.2
• 1.22.3
• 1.22.4
• 1.22.5
• 1.22.6
• 1.23.0

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.google.com/

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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