MGASA-2020-0424 - Updated golang packages fix a security vulnerability

Publication date: 15 Nov 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0424.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2020-24553

A flaw was found in Go standard library packages. Both the net/http/cgi and
net/http/fcgi packages use a default Content-Type response header value of
"text/html", rather than "text/plain". An attacker could exploit this in
applications using these packages by uploading crafted files, allowing for a
cross-site scripting attack (XSS) (CVE-2020-24553).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27324
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/CZBO7Q73GGWBVYIKNH2HNN44Q5IQND5W/
- - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-24553

SRPMS:
- 7/core/golang-1.13.15-2.mga7

Mageia 2020-0424: golang security update

A flaw was found in Go standard library packages

Summary

A flaw was found in Go standard library packages. Both the net/http/cgi and net/http/fcgi packages use a default Content-Type response header value of "text/html", rather than "text/plain". An attacker could exploit this in applications using these packages by uploading crafted files, allowing for a cross-site scripting attack (XSS) (CVE-2020-24553).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27324

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/CZBO7Q73GGWBVYIKNH2HNN44Q5IQND5W/

- - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-24553

Resolution

MGASA-2020-0424 - Updated golang packages fix a security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 7/core/golang-1.13.15-2.mga7

Severity
Publication date: 15 Nov 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0424.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2020-24553

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