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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2020-27813): Gorilla WebSocket vulnerability

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2020-27813): Gorilla WebSocket vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
12/02/2020
Created
07/07/2023
Added
07/07/2023
Modified
07/07/2023

Description

An integer overflow vulnerability exists with the length of websocket frames received via a websocket connection. An attacker would use this flaw to cause a denial of service attack on an HTTP Server allowing websocket connections.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-golang-websocket-dev

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