MGASA-2024-0261 - Updated golang packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 11 Jul 2024
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0261.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 9
CVE: CVE-2024-24791

The net/http HTTP/1.1 client mishandled the case where a server responds
to a request with an "Expect: 100-continue" header with a
non-informational (200 or higher) status. This mishandling could leave a
client connection in an invalid state, where the next request sent on
the connection will fail. An attacker sending a request to a
net/http/httputil.ReverseProxy proxy can exploit this mishandling to
cause a denial of service by sending "Expect: 100-continue" requests
which elicit a non-informational response from the backend. Each such
request leaves the proxy with an invalid connection, and causes one
subsequent request using that connection to fail. (CVE-2024-24791)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33380
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2Q7H2ERJVZKVOCEC3V4NLCNG24ALF4NI/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-24791

SRPMS:
- 9/core/golang-1.21.12-1.mga9

Mageia 2024-0261: golang Security Advisory Updates

The net/http HTTP/1.1 client mishandled the case where a server responds to a request with an "Expect: 100-continue" header with a non-informational (200 or higher) status

Summary

The net/http HTTP/1.1 client mishandled the case where a server responds to a request with an "Expect: 100-continue" header with a non-informational (200 or higher) status. This mishandling could leave a client connection in an invalid state, where the next request sent on the connection will fail. An attacker sending a request to a net/http/httputil.ReverseProxy proxy can exploit this mishandling to cause a denial of service by sending "Expect: 100-continue" requests which elicit a non-informational response from the backend. Each such request leaves the proxy with an invalid connection, and causes one subsequent request using that connection to fail. (CVE-2024-24791)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33380

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2Q7H2ERJVZKVOCEC3V4NLCNG24ALF4NI/

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-24791

Resolution

MGASA-2024-0261 - Updated golang packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 9/core/golang-1.21.12-1.mga9

Severity
Publication date: 11 Jul 2024
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0261.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2024-24791

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