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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2520-1 golang-websocket -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

07 Jan 2021

Affected Packages:

golang-websocket

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2020-27813.

More information:

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

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.0-1+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your golang-websocket packages.

For the detailed security status of golang-websocket please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/golang-websocket

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