Integer Overflow or Wraparound The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package golang-github-gorilla-websocket  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2010-GOLANGGITHUBGORILLAWEBSOCKET-1048230
  • published4 Dec 2020
  • disclosed2 Dec 2020

Introduced: 2 Dec 2020

CVE-2020-27813  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:20.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream golang-github-gorilla-websocket package and not the golang-github-gorilla-websocket package as distributed by Ubuntu.

An integer overflow vulnerability exists with the length of websocket frames received via a websocket connection. An attacker would use this flaw to cause a denial of service attack on an HTTP Server allowing websocket connections.