UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000098

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000098
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000098.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000098
Upstream
Published
2017-10-05T01:29:00Z
Modified
2025-07-18T16:44:19Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

The net/http package's Request.ParseMultipartForm method starts writing to temporary files once the request body size surpasses the given "maxMemory" limit. It was possible for an attacker to generate a multipart request crafted such that the server ran out of file descriptors.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / golang-1.6

Package

Name
golang-1.6
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/golang-1.6@1.6.2-0ubuntu5~16.04.4?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.6-0ubuntu1
1.6-0ubuntu2
1.6-0ubuntu3
1.6-0ubuntu4
1.6-0ubuntu5
1.6.1-0ubuntu1
1.6.2-0ubuntu5~16.04
1.6.2-0ubuntu5~16.04.2
1.6.2-0ubuntu5~16.04.3
1.6.2-0ubuntu5~16.04.4