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Ubuntu 20.10 USN-4758-1 Critical: Golang XSS Attack Alert

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Calendar Grey March 8, 2021
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Cross-site scripting vulnerability detected in Go programs, highlighted in Ubuntu Security Alert USN-4758-1 with corresponding patches available.
Go applications could be made to perform XSS attacks.

Summary

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security advisory critical ubuntu xss attack golang

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 20.10: golang-1.14 1.14.7-2ubuntu1.1 golang-1.14-go 1.14.7-2ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: golang-1.14 1.14.3-2ubuntu2~20.04.2 golang-1.14-go 1.14.3-2ubuntu2~20.04.2 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: golang-1.10 1.10.4-2ubuntu1~18.04.2 golang-1.10-go 1.10.4-2ubuntu1~18.04.2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: golang-1.10 1.10.4-2ubuntu1~16.04.2 golang-1.10-go 1.10.4-2ubuntu1~16.04.2 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4758-1

CVE-2020-24553

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March 08, 2021

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security advisory critical ubuntu xss attack golang

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/golang-1.14/1.14.7-2ubuntu1.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/golang-1.14/1.14.3-2ubuntu2~20.04.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/golang-1.10/1.10.4-2ubuntu1~18.04.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/golang-1.10/1.10.4-2ubuntu1~16.04.2

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