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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-3420-1 golang-websocket -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

14 May 2023

Affected Packages:

golang-websocket

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

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

More information:

An integer overflow vulnerability exists in golang-websocket, a Go package implementing the WebSocket protocol connection. An attacker would use this flaw to cause a denial of service attack on an HTTP Server allowing websocket connections.

The following reverse-dependencies have been rebuilt against the new golangwebsocket version: hugo and gitlab-workhorse

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.0-1+deb10u1.

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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