Improper Handling of Unicode Encoding Affecting golang-misc package, versions <0:1.20.8-1.47.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.26% (66th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN201803-GOLANGMISC-6147296
  • published 9 Jan 2024
  • disclosed 11 May 2023

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 golang-misc to version 0:1.20.8-1.47.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2023-1848.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream golang-misc package and not the golang-misc package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

Not all valid JavaScript whitespace characters are considered to be whitespace. Templates containing whitespace characters outside of the character set "\t\n\f\r\u0020\u2028\u2029" in JavaScript contexts that also contain actions may not be properly sanitized during execution.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

9.8 critical
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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Red Hat

8.1 high
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SUSE

5.3 medium