SB2019121096 - Red Hat Developer Tools update for go-toolset
Published: December 10, 2019 Updated: February 1, 2021
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019121096
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-14809)
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass certain security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of URLs in net/url, related to the Host field with a suffix appearing in neither Hostname() nor Port(), and is related to a non-numeric port number. A remote attacker can create a crafted javascript:// URL that in certain situations can be used to bypass authorization checks for some applications.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.