| Name | CVE-2020-16845 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-2459-1, DLA-2460-1, DSA-4848-1 |
| NVD severity | medium |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| golang-1.11 (PTS) | buster | 1.11.6-1+deb10u3 | vulnerable |
| buster (security) | 1.11.6-1+deb10u4 | fixed | |
| golang-1.15 (PTS) | bullseye, sid | 1.15.8-4 | fixed |
| golang-1.7 (PTS) | stretch | 1.7.4-2+deb9u1 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 1.7.4-2+deb9u2 | fixed | |
| golang-1.8 (PTS) | stretch | 1.8.1-1+deb9u1 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 1.8.1-1+deb9u2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| golang-1.11 | source | buster | 1.11.6-1+deb10u4 | DSA-4848-1 | ||
| golang-1.11 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | |||
| golang-1.14 | source | (unstable) | 1.14.7-1 | |||
| golang-1.15 | source | (unstable) | 1.15~rc2-1 | |||
| golang-1.7 | source | stretch | 1.7.4-2+deb9u2 | DLA-2459-1 | ||
| golang-1.7 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | |||
| golang-1.8 | source | stretch | 1.8.1-1+deb9u2 | DLA-2460-1 | ||
| golang-1.8 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) |
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/golang-announce/NyPIaucMgXo
https://github.com/golang/go/issues/40618
Fixed in 1.15~rc2, 1.14.7, 1.13.15