SB2020071498 - Race condition in go (Alpine package)



SB2020071498 - Race condition in go (Alpine package)

Published: July 14, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2020071498
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-15586)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in some net/http servers, as demonstrated by the httputil.ReverseProxy Handler. A remote attacker can exploit the race and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.