golang contrib

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The golang contrib tag on WindowsForum covers discussions about the OpenTelemetry Go Contrib project, a collection of instrumentation packages for Go applications. A key topic is CVE-2023-45142, a denial-of-service vulnerability in the HTTP instrumentation due to unbounded cardinality in HTTP labels, which could exhaust memory. The fix was released in version 0.44.0 of the contrib modules. This tag is relevant for developers using OpenTelemetry in Go to monitor and secure their services, particularly those concerned with security patches and best practices for observability tooling.

  1. CVE-2023-45142 OpenTelemetry Go Contrib HTTP DoS Cardinality Fix 0.44.0

    OpenTelemetry‑Go Contrib’s HTTP instrumentation contains a subtle but serious denial‑of‑service vector: unbounded cardinality in HTTP labels allows an attacker to exhaust memory through repeated requests that introduce ever‑new label values, a flaw tracked as CVE‑2023‑45142 and fixed in the...
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