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Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

CVE-2013-10005

High
7.5/10

Summary

The "RemoteAddr" and "LocalAddr" methods on the returned "net.Conn" may call themselves, leading to an infinite loop that will crash the program due to a stack overflow. This vulnerability affects both github.com/btcsuite/go-socks and github.com/btcsuitereleases/go-socks versions prior to 0.0.0-20130808000456-233bccbb1abe.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition

Loops with multiple exits and flags detract from the quality of an application. They tend to make control structures difficult to understand, and introduce the risk of non-termination and other structural problems. The vulnerability “loop with unreachable exit condition” enables attackers to exploit this flaw, leading to denial of service.

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