CVE-2020-15586 Race condition in n/a

Medium 5.9 Published Updated

A data race in Go's net/http ReverseProxy allows concurrent body reading and response writing, potentially causing crashes or data leaks.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2020-15586?

CVE-2020-15586 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 17 Jul 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Go before 1.13.13 and 1.14.x before 1.14.5 has a data race in some net/http servers, as demonstrated by the httputil.ReverseProxy Handler, because it reads a request body and writes a response at the same time.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-15586?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including golang and stdlib. It affects 6 products.

PackageAffectedFixed in
golang BitnamiAll versions1.13.13, 1.14.5
stdlib GoAll versions1.13.13, 1.14.5

Products include Cloudfoundry Cf-Deployment, Cloudfoundry Routing-Release, Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Golang Go, Opensuse Leap.

How do I fix CVE-2020-15586?

Upgrade golang to a fixed version for your release line: 1.13.13 or 1.14.5.

Is CVE-2020-15586 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-15586 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Debian Debian Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as AZL-38206, AZL-79042, AZL-98934, BIT-golang-2020-15586, DEBIAN-CVE-2020-15586, GHSA-9rmg-8r3f-xrq7 and 2 more.

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