| Name | CVE-2021-38561 |
| Description | golang.org/x/text/language in golang.org/x/text before 0.3.7 can panic with an out-of-bounds read during BCP 47 language tag parsing. Index calculation is mishandled. If parsing untrusted user input, this can be used as a vector for a denial-of-service attack. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| golang-golang-x-text (PTS) | bullseye | 0.3.6-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 0.7.0-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 0.16.0-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[bullseye] - golang-golang-x-text <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - golang-x-text <postponed> (Limited support, minor issue, follow bullseye DSAs/point-releases)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2100495