CVE-2023-24536
Publication date 6 April 2023
Last updated 14 November 2024
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
Multipart form parsing can consume large amounts of CPU and memory when processing form inputs containing very large numbers of parts. This stems from several causes: 1. mime/multipart.Reader.ReadForm limits the total memory a parsed multipart form can consume. ReadForm can undercount the amount of memory consumed, leading it to accept larger inputs than intended. 2. Limiting total memory does not account for increased pressure on the garbage collector from large numbers of small allocations in forms with many parts. 3. ReadForm can allocate a large number of short-lived buffers, further increasing pressure on the garbage collector. The combination of these factors can permit an attacker to cause an program that parses multipart forms to consume large amounts of CPU and memory, potentially resulting in a denial of service. This affects programs that use mime/multipart.Reader.ReadForm, as well as form parsing in the net/http package with the Request methods FormFile, FormValue, ParseMultipartForm, and PostFormValue. With fix, ReadForm now does a better job of estimating the memory consumption of parsed forms, and performs many fewer short-lived allocations. In addition, the fixed mime/multipart.Reader imposes the following limits on the size of parsed forms: 1. Forms parsed with ReadForm may contain no more than 1000 parts. This limit may be adjusted with the environment variable GODEBUG=multipartmaxparts=. 2. Form parts parsed with NextPart and NextRawPart may contain no more than 10,000 header fields. In addition, forms parsed with ReadForm may contain no more than 10,000 header fields across all parts. This limit may be adjusted with the environment variable GODEBUG=multipartmaxheaders=.
Status
Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
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golang-1.10 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic |
Vulnerable
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16.04 LTS xenial |
Vulnerable
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14.04 LTS trusty |
Vulnerable
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golang-1.13 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | |
22.04 LTS jammy |
Vulnerable
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20.04 LTS focal |
Vulnerable
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18.04 LTS bionic |
Vulnerable
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16.04 LTS xenial |
Vulnerable
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14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
golang-1.14 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal |
Vulnerable
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18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
golang-1.16 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal |
Vulnerable
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18.04 LTS bionic |
Vulnerable
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16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
golang-1.17 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | |
22.04 LTS jammy |
Fixed 1.17.13-3ubuntu1.3
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20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
golang-1.18 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | |
22.04 LTS jammy |
Fixed 1.18.1-1ubuntu1.2
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20.04 LTS focal |
Fixed 1.18.1-1ubuntu1~20.04.3
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18.04 LTS bionic |
Fixed 1.18.1-1ubuntu1~18.04.4+esm1
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16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 1.18.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.6+esm1
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14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
golang-1.19 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
golang-1.20 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | |
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
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20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
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18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
golang-1.6 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial |
Vulnerable
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14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
golang-1.8 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic |
Vulnerable
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16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
golang-1.9 | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic |
Vulnerable
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16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support |
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Parameter | Value |
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Base score | 7.5 · High |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity impact | None |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
References
Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)
- USN-7111-1
- Go vulnerabilities
- 14 November 2024
- USN-7109-1
- Go vulnerabilities
- 14 November 2024
Other references
- https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/Xdv6JL9ENs8
- https://go.dev/issue/59153
- https://github.com/golang/go/commit/bf8c7c575c8a552d9d79deb29e80854dc88528d0 (go1.20.3)
- https://github.com/golang/go/commit/7917b5f31204528ea72e0629f0b7d52b35b27538 (go.1.19.8)
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-24536