HIGH7.5

GO-2022-1037

Unbounded memory consumption when reading headers in archive/tar

Quick fix

GO-2022-1037 — stdlib: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

go get stdlib@v1.18.7

Details

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.

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Affected packages

Go/stdlib

Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 1.18.7

Fixgo get stdlib@v1.18.7

References

https://go.dev/issue/54853[REPORT]
https://go.dev/cl/439355[FIX]
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/xtuG5faxtaU[WEB]