SB2021010205 - Denial of service in Go Text
Published: January 2, 2021 Updated: October 26, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2021010205
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Improper Validation of Array Index (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-28852)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of array index in language.ParseAcceptLanguage while processing a BCP 47 tag. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request containing a malformed HTTP Accept-Language header and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.