CVE-2024-24788 (GCVE-0-2024-24788)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-08 15:31 – Updated: 2025-02-13 17:40
VLAI
Title
Malformed DNS message can cause infinite loop in net
Summary
A malformed DNS message in response to a query can cause the Lookup functions to get stuck in an infinite loop.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE 400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
  • CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
Assigner
Go
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Go standard library net Affected: 1.22.0-0 , < 1.22.3 (semver)
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Credits
@long-name-let-people-remember-you Mateusz Poliwczak
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