CVE-2020-15586

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.

Category

5.9
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.24%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00077.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00082.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OCR6LAKCVKL55KJQPPBBWVQGOP7RL2RW/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WIRVUHD7TJIT7JJ33FKHIVTHPYABYPHR/ vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00029.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00030.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00037.html third party advisory mailing list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00038.html third party advisory mailing list
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4848 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html third party advisory patch
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/golang-announce/XZNfaiwgt2w
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200731-0005/ third party advisory
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/golang-announce/f2c5bqrGH_g
https://www.cloudfoundry.org/blog/cve-2020-15586/ third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-15586?
CVE-2020-15586 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-15586?
To fix CVE-2020-15586, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-15586 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2020-15586 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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