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CVE-2022-2879

Publication date 14 October 2022

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

Reader.Read does not set a limit on the maximum size of file headers. A maliciously crafted archive could cause Read to allocate unbounded amounts of memory, potentially causing resource exhaustion or panics. After fix, Reader.Read limits the maximum size of header blocks to 1 MiB.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
golang-1.10 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Vulnerable
16.04 LTS xenial
Vulnerable
14.04 LTS trusty
Vulnerable
golang-1.13 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 1.13.8-1ubuntu2.22.04.2
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1.13.8-1ubuntu1.2
18.04 LTS bionic
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support
golang-1.14 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Vulnerable
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
golang-1.16 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1.16.2-0ubuntu1~20.04.1
18.04 LTS bionic
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support
golang-1.17 22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support
golang-1.18 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 1.18.1-1ubuntu1.1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1.18.1-1ubuntu1~20.04.2
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 1.18.1-1ubuntu1~18.04.4
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support
golang-1.19 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support
golang-1.6 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Vulnerable
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support
golang-1.8 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Vulnerable
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
golang-1.9 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Vulnerable
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
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