Improper Handling of Unicode Encoding Affecting golang-tests package, versions <0:1.18.6-1.44.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.25% (66th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-GOLANGTESTS-5673335
  • published9 Jun 2023
  • disclosed11 May 2023

Introduced: 11 May 2023

CVE-2023-24540  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-176  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 golang-tests to version 0:1.18.6-1.44.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2023-1760.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream golang-tests package and not the golang-tests 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.

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