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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2020-24553: Security patch for golang (ALAS-2020-1554)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2020-24553: Security patch for golang (ALAS-2020-1554)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
09/02/2020
Created
11/13/2020
Added
11/12/2020
Modified
09/30/2022

Description

Go before 1.14.8 and 1.15.x before 1.15.1 allows XSS because text/html is the default for CGI/FCGI handlers that lack a Content-Type header.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-golang
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-golang-bin
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-golang-docs
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-golang-misc
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-golang-race
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-golang-src
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-golang-tests

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