CVE-2021-27918

Description

encoding/xml in Go before 1.15.9 and 1.16.x before 1.16.1 has an infinite loop if a custom TokenReader (for xml.NewTokenDecoder) returns EOF in the middle of an element. This can occur in the Decode, DecodeElement, or Skip method.

Risk Information

Base Score
7.5
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.025

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
(RHSA-2021:3076) go-toolset:rhel8 security, bug fix, and enhancement update go-toolset-1.15.14-1.module+el8.4.0+11833+614b07b8.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2021:3076) go-toolset:rhel8 security, bug fix, and enhancement update golang-1.15.14-1.module+el8.4.0+11833+614b07b8.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2021:3076) go-toolset:rhel8 security, bug fix, and enhancement update golang-bin-1.15.14-1.module+el8.4.0+11833+614b07b8.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2021:3076) go-toolset:rhel8 security, bug fix, and enhancement update golang-docs-1.15.14-1.module+el8.4.0+11833+614b07b8.noarch.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2021:3076) go-toolset:rhel8 security, bug fix, and enhancement update golang-misc-1.15.14-1.module+el8.4.0+11833+614b07b8.noarch.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2021:3076) go-toolset:rhel8 security, bug fix, and enhancement update golang-race-1.15.14-1.module+el8.4.0+11833+614b07b8.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2021:3076) go-toolset:rhel8 security, bug fix, and enhancement update golang-src-1.15.14-1.module+el8.4.0+11833+614b07b8.noarch.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2021:3076) go-toolset:rhel8 security, bug fix, and enhancement update golang-tests-1.15.14-1.module+el8.4.0+11833+614b07b8.noarch.rpmLinux
Delve update (ELSA-2021-3076) delve-1.5.0-2.0.1.module+el8.4.0+20021+8a86d991.x86_64.rpmLinux
Go-toolset update (ELSA-2021-3076) go-toolset-1.15.14-1.module+el8.4.0+20290+7af514f4.x86_64.rpmLinux
Golang update (ELSA-2021-3076) golang-1.15.14-1.module+el8.4.0+20290+7af514f4.x86_64.rpmLinux
Golang-bin update (ELSA-2021-3076) golang-bin-1.15.14-1.module+el8.4.0+20290+7af514f4.x86_64.rpmLinux
Golang-docs update (ELSA-2021-3076) golang-docs-1.15.14-1.module+el8.4.0+20290+7af514f4.noarch.rpmLinux
Golang-misc update (ELSA-2021-3076) golang-misc-1.15.14-1.module+el8.4.0+20290+7af514f4.noarch.rpmLinux
Golang-race update (ELSA-2021-3076) golang-race-1.15.14-1.module+el8.4.0+20290+7af514f4.x86_64.rpmLinux
Golang-src update (ELSA-2021-3076) golang-src-1.15.14-1.module+el8.4.0+20290+7af514f4.noarch.rpmLinux
Golang-tests update (ELSA-2021-3076) golang-tests-1.15.14-1.module+el8.4.0+20290+7af514f4.noarch.rpmLinux

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234