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CVE-2017-1000098

HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5 · CWE-769
7.5CVSS HIGH

Summary

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.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)2%

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products we track (1)

Go

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: https://golang.org/cl/30410 ↗