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Ubuntu: USN-4758-1 (CVE-2020-24553): Go vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-4758-1 (CVE-2020-24553): Go vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
08/20/2020
Created
03/11/2021
Added
03/09/2021
Modified
03/22/2023

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)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-golang-1-10
  • ubuntu-upgrade-golang-1-10-go
  • ubuntu-upgrade-golang-1-14
  • ubuntu-upgrade-golang-1-14-go

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