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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

Published

2024-03-06 11:01

Modified

2026-09-08 08:34

Summary

Unbounded memory consumption when reading headers in archive/tar

Details

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.

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Bitnami",
        "name": "golang",
        "purl": "pkg:bitnami/golang"
      },
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            {
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            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.18.7"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "1.19.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.19.2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "SEMVER"
        }
      ],
      "severity": [
        {
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
          "type": "CVSS_V3"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-2879"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "severity": "High"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "BIT-golang-2022-2879",
  "modified": "2026-09-08T08:34:36.952Z",
  "published": "2024-03-06T11:01:17.293Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://go.dev/cl/439355"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://go.dev/issue/54853"
    },
    {
      "type": "DISCUSSION",
      "url": "https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/xtuG5faxtaU"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2022-1037"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-09"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2879"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.5.0",
  "summary": "Unbounded memory consumption when reading headers in archive/tar"
}

CVE-2022-2879 (GCVE-0-2022-2879)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-10-14 00:00 – Updated: 2025-02-13 16:32

Title

Unbounded memory consumption when reading headers in archive/tar

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE 400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Assigner

Go Google root

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://go.dev/issue/54853
https://go.dev/cl/439355
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/xtu…
https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2022-1037
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-09

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Go standard library	archive/tar	Affected: 0 , < 1.18.7 (semver) Affected: 1.19.0-0 , < 1.19.2 (semver)

Credits

Adam Korczynski (ADA Logics) OSS-Fuzz

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          "collectionURL": "https://pkg.go.dev",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "packageName": "archive/tar",
          "product": "archive/tar",
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              "name": "Reader.next"
            },
            {
              "name": "parsePAX"
            },
            {
              "name": "Writer.writePAXHeader"
            },
            {
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            {
              "name": "Writer.WriteHeader"
            }
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