DoS vulnerability for high cardinality metrics in opentelemetry-go-contrib
CVE-2023-25151

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Open-telemetry

Status
Opentelemetry-go-contrib
Vendor
CVE Published:
8 February 2023

What is CVE-2023-25151?

The OpenTelemetry-Go Contrib extensions' v0.38.0 release contains a vulnerability in the httpconv.ServerRequest function, where the http.target attribute value is set to the complete request URI including the query string. This design flaw does not release previous measurement attributes when using cumulative temporality, leading to increased memory allocation when unique URIs are frequently utilized. As a result, this behavior can be exploited in a denial-of-service attack. The issue has been resolved in version 0.39.0, and users are encouraged to upgrade promptly. No workarounds exist for this vulnerability.

Affected Version(s)

opentelemetry-go-contrib >= 0.38.0, < 0.39.0

References

https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go-contri...
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https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/blob/v...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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