First published: Mon Jan 06 2025(Updated: )
go-git is a highly extensible git implementation library written in pure Go. A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability was discovered in go-git versions prior to v5.13. 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. Users running versions of go-git from v4 and above are recommended to upgrade to v5.13 in order to mitigate this vulnerability.
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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go-git | <5.13 |
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The severity of REDHAT-BUG-2335901 is classified as a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
To fix REDHAT-BUG-2335901, upgrade to go-git version 5.13 or later.
Go-git versions prior to 5.13 are affected by REDHAT-BUG-2335901.
REDHAT-BUG-2335901 enables attackers to perform denial of service attacks.
Yes, a patch is available in go-git version 5.13 and later.