CVE-2021-44716

Public on 2022-01-01
Modified on 2023-01-18
Description
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.
Severity
Important severity
Important
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.5
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 golang 2022-04-25 ALAS-2022-1583 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Core golang 2022-04-25 ALAS2-2022-1776 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Core golang 2022-07-06 ALAS2-2022-1811 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2023 golang 2023-02-17 ALAS2023-2023-048 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD CVSSv3 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H