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CVE-2023-23626 Detail

Current Description

go-bitfield is a simple bitfield package for the go language aiming to be more performant that the standard library. When feeding untrusted user input into the size parameter of `NewBitfield` and `FromBytes` functions, an attacker can trigger `panic`s. This happen when the `size` is a not a multiple of `8` or is negative. There were already a note in the `NewBitfield` documentation, however known users of this package are subject to this issue. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should ensure that `size` is a multiple of 8 before calling `NewBitfield` or `FromBytes`.


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Hyperlink Resource
https://github.com/ipfs/go-bitfield/commit/5e1d256fe043fc4163343ccca83862c69c52e579 Patch 
https://github.com/ipfs/go-bitfield/commit/5e1d256fe043fc4163343ccca83862c69c52e579 Patch 
https://github.com/ipfs/go-bitfield/security/advisories/GHSA-2h6c-j3gf-xp9r Exploit  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://github.com/ipfs/go-bitfield/security/advisories/GHSA-2h6c-j3gf-xp9r Exploit  Patch  Vendor Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-1284 Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-754 Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions GitHub, Inc.  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-23626
NVD Published Date:
02/09/2023
NVD Last Modified:
11/21/2024
Source:
GitHub, Inc.