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GHSA-xg75-q3q5-cqmv
No affected components available
Impact
Allows an attacker to perform a DOS attack consisting of memory exhaustion on the host system.
Patches
Yes. Please upgrade to v1.2.6.
Workarounds
A workaround is to restrict the path prefix to the "GET" method. As shown below
func main() {
r := mux.NewRouter()
r.PathPrefix("/swagger/").Handler(httpSwagger.Handler(
httpSwagger.URL("http://localhost:1323/swagger/doc.json"), //The url pointing to API definition
httpSwagger.DeepLinking(true),
httpSwagger.DocExpansion("none"),
httpSwagger.DomID("#swagger-ui"),
)).Methods(http.MethodGet)
References
Reporter dongguangli from https://www.huoxian.cn/ company
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Open an issue in http-swagger
The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a high impact on the availability of the system.
Exploitation attempts have been detected. Elevated vigilance and prompt remediation are advised.
The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.
We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.
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