CVE-2020-14040 (High) detected in github.com/etcd-io/etcd-v3.3.25, github.com/theupdateframework/notary-v0.7.0

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CVE-2020-14040 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Libraries - github.com/etcd-io/etcd-v3.3.25, github.com/theupdateframework/notary-v0.7.0

github.com/etcd-io/etcd-v3.3.25

Distributed reliable key-value store for the most critical data of a distributed system

Dependency Hierarchy:

• github.com/google/certificate-transparency-go-v1.1.1 (Root Library)
  • ❌ github.com/etcd-io/etcd-v3.3.25 (Vulnerable Library)

github.com/theupdateframework/notary-v0.7.0

Notary is a project that allows anyone to have trust over arbitrary collections of data

Dependency Hierarchy:

• github.com/theupdateframework/notary/client/changelist-v0.7.0 (Root Library)
  • github.com/theupdateframework/notary/tuf/data-v0.7.0
    • ❌ github.com/theupdateframework/notary-v0.7.0 (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 549c2321b216d811654d8e364e811dbca812a5a6

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

The x/text package before 0.3.3 for Go has a vulnerability in encoding/unicode that could lead to the UTF-16 decoder entering an infinite loop, causing the program to crash or run out of memory. An attacker could provide a single byte to a UTF16 decoder instantiated with UseBOM or ExpectBOM to trigger an infinite loop if the String function on the Decoder is called, or the Decoder is passed to golang.org/x/text/transform.String.

Publish Date: 2020-06-17

URL: CVE-2020-14040

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-14040

Release Date: 2020-06-17

Fix Resolution: text - v0.3.3