CVE-2020-24553
Public on 2020-09-02
Modified on 2020-11-16
Description
A flaw was found in the Go standard library packages before upstream versions 1.15 and 1.14.8. Both the net/http/cgi and net/http/fcgi packages use a default Content-Type response header value of "text/html", rather than "text/plain". This flaw allows an attacker to exploit this issue in applications using these packages by uploading crafted files, allowing a Cross-site Scripting attack (XSS). The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality and integrity.
Severity
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Amazon Linux 1 | golang | 2020-11-14 | ALAS-2020-1445 | Fixed |
Amazon Linux 2 - Core | golang | 2020-11-09 | ALAS2-2020-1554 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
Score Type | Score | Vector | |
---|---|---|---|
Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
NVD | CVSSv2 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
NVD | CVSSv3 | 6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |