ALAS-2020-1445

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2020-24553  

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. (CVE-2020-24553)

ALAS-2020-1445


Amazon Linux AMI Security Advisory: ALAS-2020-1445
Advisory Release Date: 2020-11-14 01:22 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2020-11-16 21:17 Pacific
Severity: Medium
References: CVE-2020-24553 

Issue Overview:

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. (CVE-2020-24553)


Affected Packages:

golang


Issue Correction:
Run yum update golang to update your system.

New Packages:
i686:
    golang-bin-1.15.3-1.63.amzn1.i686
    golang-1.15.3-1.63.amzn1.i686

noarch:
    golang-docs-1.15.3-1.63.amzn1.noarch
    golang-src-1.15.3-1.63.amzn1.noarch
    golang-misc-1.15.3-1.63.amzn1.noarch
    golang-tests-1.15.3-1.63.amzn1.noarch

src:
    golang-1.15.3-1.63.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    golang-race-1.15.3-1.63.amzn1.x86_64
    golang-1.15.3-1.63.amzn1.x86_64
    golang-bin-1.15.3-1.63.amzn1.x86_64