GO-2021-0172

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    GO-2021-0172

    Published: 15 Feb 2022Last Modified: 20 May 2024

    Summary: Denial of service when parsing large forms in mime/multipart

    Details: When parsing large multipart/form-data, an attacker can cause a HTTP server to open a large number of file descriptors. This may be used as a denial-of-service vector.

    References: https://go.dev/cl/30410, https://go.googlesource.com/go/+/7478ea5dba7ed02ddffd91c1d17ec8141f7cf184, https://go.dev/issue/16296, https://groups.google.com/g/golang-dev/c/4NdLzS8sls8/m/uIz8QlnIBQAJ

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: stdlib

    Purl: pkg:golang/stdlib

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.6.4

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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