CVE-2021-23351

The package github.com/pires/go-proxyproto before 0.5.0 are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) via the parseVersion1() function. The reader in this package is a default bufio.Reader wrapping a net.Conn. It will read from the connection until it finds a newline. Since no limits are implemented in the code, a deliberately malformed V1 header could be used to exhaust memory in a server process using this code - and create a DoS. This can be exploited by sending a stream starting with PROXY and continuing to send data (which does not contain a newline) until the target stops acknowledging. The risk here is small, because only trusted sources should be allowed to send proxy protocol headers.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
4.4 MEDIUM
NETWORK
HIGH
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
snykCNA
4.4 MEDIUM
NETWORK
HIGH
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 79%
VendorProductVersion
go-proxyproto_projectgo-proxyproto
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< 0.5.0
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= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
golang-github-pires-go-proxyproto
bullseye
0.4.2-1
fixed
bookworm
0.4.2-3
fixed
sid
0.7.0-1
fixed
trixie
0.7.0-1
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
golang-github-pires-go-proxyproto
noble
needs-triage
mantic
ignored
lunar
ignored
kinetic
ignored
jammy
needs-triage
impish
ignored
hirsute
ignored
groovy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne