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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Go vulnerability (USN-4758-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 148004

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 20.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4758-1 advisory.

 - Go before 1.14.8 and 1.15.x before 1.15.1 allows XSS because text/html is the default for CGI/FCGI handlers that lack a Content-Type header. (CVE-2020-24553)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4758-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 148004

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4758-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/23/2021

Updated: 10/20/2023

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-24553

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.10-go, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.10-src, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.14, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.14-go, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.14-src

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/8/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/2/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-24553

USN: 4758-1