CVE-2021-23351

NameCVE-2021-23351
DescriptionThe 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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Debian Bugs985025

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
golang-github-pires-go-proxyproto (PTS)bullseye0.4.2-1fixed
bookworm0.4.2-3fixed
sid, trixie0.7.0-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
golang-github-pires-go-proxyprotosource(unstable)0.4.2-1985025

Notes

https://github.com/pires/go-proxyproto/issues/69
https://github.com/pires/go-proxyproto/commit/7f48261db810703d173f27f3309a808cc2b49b8b
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMPIRESGOPROXYPROTO-1081577

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