go git vulnerability

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The go git vulnerability tag covers discussions about security flaws in the go-git library, a pure-Go implementation of Git primitives used by applications for repository operations. A key topic is CVE-2023-49568, a denial-of-service vulnerability where a malicious Git server can exhaust memory or crash go-git clients via specially crafted replies. Mitigation involves upgrading to go-git v5.11.0. The tag focuses on patching and protecting systems that embed go-git from resource exhaustion attacks.

  1. Mitigating CVE-2023-49568 DoS in go-git with v5.11.0 Upgrade

    A denial-of-service condition in widely used Go library implementations of Git can be induced by a malicious Git server that sends specially crafted replies — an attacker-controlled server can exhaust memory or other resources on go-git clients, causing processes and dependent services to stall...
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