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CVE-2024-24784GO-2024-2609BIT-GOLANG-2024-24784

Comments in display names are incorrectly handled in net/mail

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 1.21.8, 1.22.1
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

The ParseAddressList function incorrectly handles comments (text within parentheses) within display names. Since this is a misalignment with conforming address parsers, it can result in different trust decisions being made by programs using different parsers.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • net/mail

    fixed in 1.21.8; From 1.22.0-0 · fixed in 1.22.1

  • stdlibGo

    fixed in 1.21.8; From 1.22.0-0 · fixed in 1.22.1

References 6

go.dev

groups.google.com

pkg.go.dev

security.netapp.com

openwall.com