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CVE-2020-16845

Published: 6 August 2020

Go before 1.13.15 and 14.x before 1.14.7 can have an infinite read loop in ReadUvarint and ReadVarint in encoding/binary via invalid inputs.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
Packages built using golang need to be rebuilt once the
vulnerability has been fixed. This CVE entry does not
list packages that need rebuilding outside of the main
repository or the Ubuntu variants with PPA overlays.

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
golang-1.13
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
impish Ignored
(end of life)
hirsute Ignored
(end of life)
bionic
Released (1.13.8-1ubuntu1~18.04.4)
focal
Released (1.13.8-1ubuntu1.1)
jammy
Released (1.13.8-1ubuntu2.22.04.1)
groovy Ignored
(end of life)
kinetic
Released (1.13.8-1ubuntu2.22.10.1)
lunar Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (1.13.15, 1.14.7)
xenial
Released (1.13.8-1ubuntu1~16.04.3+esm2)
Available with Ubuntu Pro
mantic Does not exist

Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/golang/go/commit/ec5b63a6a2b6205cc204e9ce856e7517a1b989d2


golang
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hirsute Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (1.13.15, 1.14.7)
xenial Does not exist

impish Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

mantic Does not exist

golang-1.10
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hirsute Does not exist

xenial Needs triage

bionic Needed

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

impish Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

trusty Needs triage

upstream Needs triage

mantic Does not exist

golang-1.14
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hirsute
Released (1.14.7-2ubuntu1)
groovy
Released (1.14.7-2ubuntu1)
bionic Does not exist

focal Needed

impish Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (1.13.15, 1.14.7)
xenial Does not exist

mantic Does not exist

Patches:

upstream: https://github.com/golang/go/commit/51bb041f7cf17c5e8e10a7307521625437687b04

golang-1.15
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hirsute Not vulnerable
(1.15-2ubuntu1)
groovy Not vulnerable
(1.15-2ubuntu1)
bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

impish Not vulnerable
(1.15-2ubuntu1)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (1.13.15, 1.14.7)
xenial Does not exist

Patches:


upstream: https://github.com/golang/go/commit/027d7241ce050d197e7fabea3d541ffbe3487258
golang-1.6
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hirsute Does not exist

xenial Needs triage

bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

impish Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

mantic Does not exist

golang-1.8
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hirsute Does not exist

bionic Needed

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

impish Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

mantic Does not exist

golang-1.9
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hirsute Does not exist

bionic Needed

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

impish Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

mantic Does not exist

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H