CVE-2022-41717
Excessive memory growth in net/http and golang.org/x/net/http2
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Dec 8, 2022
- Updated
- Feb 13, 2025
- Reserved
- Sep 28, 2022
Description
An attacker can cause excessive memory growth in a Go server accepting HTTP/2 requests. HTTP/2 server connections contain a cache of HTTP header keys sent by the client. While the total number of entries in this cache is capped, an attacker sending very large keys can cause the server to allocate approximately 64 MiB per open connection.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
net/httpGo standard library |
|
golang.org/x/net/http2golang.org/x/net |
|
References
- https://go.dev/issue/56350
- https://go.dev/cl/455717
- https://go.dev/cl/455635
- https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/L_3rmdT0BMU/m/yZDrXjIiBQAJ
- https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2022-1144
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QBKBAZBIOXZV5QCFHZNSVXULR32XJCYD/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NQGNAXK3YBPMUP3J4TECIRDHFGW37522/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PUM4DIVOLJCBK5ZDP4LJOL24GXT3YSIR/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4SBIUECMLNC572P23DDOKJNKPJVX26SP/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PW3XC47AUW5J5M2ULJX7WCCL3B2ETLMT/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Q52IQI754YAE4XPR4QBRWPIVZWYGZ4FS/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/56B2FFESRYYP6IY2AZ3UWXLWKZ5IYZN4/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ANIOPUXWIHVRA6CEWXCGOMX3YYS6KFHG/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WPEIZ7AMEJCZXU3FEJZMVRNHQZXX5P3I/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4BUK2ZIAGCULOOYDNH25JPU6JBES5NF2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T7N5GV4CHH6WAGX3GFMDD3COEOVCZ4RI/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/REMHVVIBDNKSRKNOTV7EQSB7CYQWOUOU/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-09
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CSVIS6MTMFVBA7JPMRAUNKUOYEVSJYSB/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZSVEMQV5ROY5YW5QE3I57HT3ITWG5GCV/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CHHITS4PUOZAKFIUBQAQZC7JWXMOYE4B/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KEOTKBUPZXHE3F352JBYNTSNRXYLWD6P/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5RSKA2II6QTD4YUKUNDVJQSRYSFC4VFR/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230120-0008/
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