SB2020072749 - OpenSUSE Linux update for go1.13

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SB2020072749 - OpenSUSE Linux update for go1.13

Published: July 27, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2020072749
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Improper Certificate Validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-14039)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.

The vulnerability exists when "VerifyOptions.Roots" is nil, "Certificate.Verify" does not check the EKU requirements specified in "VerifyOptions.KeyUsages".


2) 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.

References