Memory Leak Vulnerability in Golang RSA Code Could Lead to Resource Exhaustion

CVE-2024-1394

Summary

A memory leak flaw has been identified in the RSA encrypting and decrypting code of the Golang FIPS OpenSSL library. This issue arises from improper handling of named return parameters, specifically within the RSA library's context initialization process. When errors occur during context initialization or property settings, the related pointers, namely 'pkey' and 'ctx', are left unfreed, leading to a potential resource exhaustion vulnerability. Attackers can exploit this flaw through crafted inputs, causing the application to exhaust memory resources.

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