CVE-2021-23351

EUVD-2021-1065
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
NISTPrimary
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
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 67%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
go-proxyproto_projectgo-proxyproto
𝑥
< 0.5.0
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
golang-github-pires-go-proxyproto
bookworm
0.4.2-3
fixed
bullseye
0.4.2-1
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
bionic
dne
focal
dne
groovy
dne
hirsute
ignored
impish
ignored
jammy
needs-triage
kinetic
ignored
lunar
ignored
mantic
ignored
noble
needs-triage
trusty
dne
xenial
dne