SB2020011419 - Red Hat update for go-toolset-1.12-golang



SB2020011419 - Red Hat update for go-toolset-1.12-golang

Published: January 14, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2020011419
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17596)

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of DSA public keys in crypto/x509.Verify. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted X.509 certificate chain to the application and perform a denial of service attack.


2) Inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-16276)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform HTTP request smuggling attack.

The vulnerability exists due to Go programming language accepts and normalizes HTTP requests with malformed HTTP/1.1 headers containing a space before the colon. A remote attacker can use a malformed request to bypass configured filtration and gain access to presumably restricted functionality.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.