CVE-2021-23351
Description
The package github.com/pires/go-proxyproto before 0.5.0 are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) via the parseVersion1() function. The reader in this package is a default bufio.Reader wrapping a net.Conn. It will read from the connection until it finds a newline. Since no limits are implemented in the code, a deliberately malformed V1 header could be used to exhaust memory in a server process using this code - and create a DoS. This can be exploited by sending a stream starting with PROXY and continuing to send data (which does not contain a newline) until the target stops acknowledging. The risk here is small, because only trusted sources should be allowed to send proxy protocol headers.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
github.com/pires/go-proxyprotoGo | < 0.5.0 | 0.5.0 |
Affected products
5- Range: 0.1.0, 0.1.1, 0.1.2, …
- cpe:2.3:a:go-proxyproto_project:go-proxyproto:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <0.5.0
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
10- github.com/pires/go-proxyproto/commit/7f48261db810703d173f27f3309a808cc2b49b8bnvdPatchThird Party AdvisoryWEB
- github.com/pires/go-proxyproto/pull/71nvdPatchThird Party AdvisoryWEB
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-fqh4-rh59-xhvfghsaADVISORY
- github.com/pires/go-proxyproto/issues/69nvdThird Party AdvisoryWEB
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23351ghsaADVISORY
- snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMPIRESGOPROXYPROTO-1081577nvdThird Party AdvisoryWEB
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4BNVGJMVI3ZTZ675EFPUHPGXCKCGSX46ghsaWEB
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/C36IBVOZXRTWM7MGTRUTOM56P5RR74VUghsaWEB
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4BNVGJMVI3ZTZ675EFPUHPGXCKCGSX46/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C36IBVOZXRTWM7MGTRUTOM56P5RR74VU/nvd
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