Improper Handling of Unicode Encoding Affecting golang-docs package, versions <0:1.19.9-2.el9_2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-GOLANGDOCS-5602349
  • published8 May 2023
  • disclosed20 Apr 2023

Introduced: 20 Apr 2023

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

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 golang-docs to version 0:1.19.9-2.el9_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:3318.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream golang-docs package and not the golang-docs package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 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

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