Description
rpcx through 1.9.3, fixed in commit 047aec1, contains a denial-of-service vulnerability in protocol.Message.Decode (protocol/message.go). When a message has the compression flag set, the payload is gzip-decompressed via util.Unzip with no limit on the decompressed output size. The only built-in size guard, protocol.MaxMessageLength, is checked against the compressed on-the-wire frame length, not the decompressed size, so it provides no protection. Because decoding (and decompression) occurs in readRequest before authentication, a single unauthenticated connection can send a small (under 2 MB) gzip-compressed message that expands to gigabytes of heap allocation, leading to out-of-memory conditions and service unavailability.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| smallnest | rpcx | ≤ 1.9.3 | — |
References
- Researcher Disclosure technical-description exploit issue-tracking
- Fix PR issue-tracking patch
- Fix Commit patch
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/rpcx-denial-of-service-via-gzip-decompression-bomb-in-wire-protocol third-party-advisory