Description
Golang Facebook Thrift servers would not error upon receiving messages declaring containers of sizes larger than the payload. As a result, malicious clients could send short messages which would result in a large memory allocation, potentially leading to denial of service. This issue affects Facebook Thrift prior to v2020.03.16.00.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Facebook Thrift | unspecified – < v2020.03.16.00 | v2020.03.16.00 |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | thrift | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | thrift | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | thrift | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | thrift | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | thrift | No fix yet | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/facebook/fbthrift | < 0.31.1-0.20200311080807-483ed864d69f | 0.31.1-0.20200311080807-483ed864d69f | GHSA-w3r9-r9w7-8h48 |