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CVE-2021-33198 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in Go's standard library, specifically in the math/big package's handling of rational numbers. The bug allows attackers to crash processes by passing inputs with excessively large exponents to big.Rat.SetString or big.Rat.UnmarshalText, triggering a panic or unrecoverable fatal error. Affected versions include Go releases before 1.15.13 and 1.16.x before 1.16.5. This tag covers discussions about the vulnerability, its impact on Go applications, and mitigation steps. WindowsForum.com threads tagged with CVE-2021-33198 provide community insights and troubleshooting advice for developers and IT professionals managing Go-based systems.
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    CVE-2021-33198: Go big.Rat parsing DoS fix

    A subtle parsing bug in Go’s standard library — specifically in the math/big package’s handling of rational numbers — could be weaponized to crash processes and deny service: inputs with excessively large exponents passed to (big.Rat).SetString or (big.Rat).UnmarshalText may trigger a panic or...
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