CVE-2023-49568

Maliciously crafted Git server replies can cause DoS on go-git clients

Published Jan 12, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability was discovered in go-git versions prior to v5.11. This vulnerability allows an attacker to perform denial of service attacks by providing specially crafted responses from a Git server which triggers resource exhaustion in go-git clients.

Applications using only the in-memory filesystem supported by go-git are not affected by this vulnerability.
This is a go-git implementation issue and does not affect the upstream git cli.


Remediation

Vendor Solution

An upgrade to v. 5.11 fixes this issue

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-3251 A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability was discovered in go-git versions prior to v5.11. This vulnerability allows an attacker to perform denial of service attacks by providing specially crafted responses from a Git server which triggers resource exhaustion in go-git clients. Applications using only the in-memory filesystem supported by go-git are not affected by this vulnerability. This is a go-git implementation issue and does not affect the upstream git cli.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-mw99-9chc-xw7r Maliciously crafted Git server replies can cause DoS on go-git clients
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8088-1 go-git vulnerabilities
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