QID 354488

Date Published: 2022-12-21

QID 354488: Amazon Linux Security Advisory for golang : ALAS2022-2022-009

A vulnerability was found in archive/zip of the go standard library.
Applications written in go can panic or potentially exhaust system memory when parsing malformed zip files. (
( CVE-2021-33196) there's an uncontrolled resource consumption flaw in golang's net/http library in the canonicalheader() function.
An attacker who submits specially crafted requests to applications linked with net/http's http2 functionality could cause excessive resource consumption that could lead to a denial of service or otherwise impact to system performance and resources. (
( CVE-2021-44716) there's a flaw in golang's syscall.
Forkexec() interface.
An attacker who manages to first cause a file descriptor exhaustion for the process, then cause syscall.
Forkexec() to be called repeatedly, could compromise data integrity and/or confidentiality in a somewhat uncontrolled way in programs linked with and using syscall.
Forkexec(). (
( CVE-2021-44717)



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Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a securitybreach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.8 severity.
    • Solution
    Please refer to Amazon advisory: ALAS2022-2022-009 for affected packages and patching details, or update with your package manager.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 354488

    CVE-2021-33196 | CVE-2021-44717 | CVE-2021-44716 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    ALAS2022-2022-009 amazon linux 2022 URL Logo alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2022/ALAS-2022-009.html
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