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CVE-2021-44717

Public on 2022-01-01
Modified on 2024-01-30
Description

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().

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
4.8
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 golang 2022-04-25 15:59 ALAS-2022-1583
Amazon Linux 2 - Core golang 2022-04-25 03:47 ALAS2-2022-1776
Amazon Linux 2 - Core golang 2022-07-06 03:11 ALAS2-2022-1811
Amazon Linux 2 - Golang1.19 Extra golang 2023-08-07 05:59 ALAS2GOLANG1.19-2023-002
Amazon Linux 2023 golang 2023-02-17 20:45 ALAS2023-2023-048

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 4.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD CVSSv2 5.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
NVD CVSSv3 4.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N