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CentOS Linux: CVE-2017-1000098: Moderate: golang security, bug fix, and enhancement update (CESA-2017:1859)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2017-1000098: Moderate: golang security, bug fix, and enhancement update (CESA-2017:1859)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
10/05/2017
Created
08/29/2019
Added
08/28/2019
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-golang
  • centos-upgrade-golang-bin
  • centos-upgrade-golang-docs
  • centos-upgrade-golang-misc
  • centos-upgrade-golang-src
  • centos-upgrade-golang-tests

References

  • CVE-2017-1000098

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