CVE-2017-1000098 - DEPRECATED: Uncontrolled File Descriptor Consumption

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

The net/http package's Request.ParseMultipartForm method starts writing to temporary files once the request body size surpasses the given "maxMemory" limit. It was possible for an attacker to generate a multipart request crafted such that the server ran out of file descriptors.

The net/http package's Request.ParseMultipartForm method starts writing to temporary files once the request body size surpasses the given "maxMemory" limit. It was possible for an attacker to generate a multipart request crafted such that the server ran out of file descriptors.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

Type

Golang Go

First reported 7 years ago

2017-10-05 01:29:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-08-13 21:47:00

Affected Software

Golang Go 1.6.3

1.6.3

Golang Go 1.7.3

1.7.3

References

https://golang.org/cl/30410

Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory

https://golang.org/issue/17965

Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/golang-dev/4NdLzS8sls8/uIz8QlnIBQAJ

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