GO-2021-0143

When a Handler does not explicitly set the Content-Type header, the net/http/cgi and net/http/fcgi packages default to "text/html", which can cause a Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability if an attacker can control any part of the contents of a response...

GO-2021-0226 Cross-site scripting in net/http/cgi and net/http/fcgi

When a Handler does not explicitly set the Content-Type header, the the package would default to “text/html”, which could cause a Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability if an attacker can control any part of the contents of a response. The Content-Type header is now set based on the contents of the...

CentOS 8 : go-toolset:rhel8 (CESA-2020:5493)

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2020:5493 advisory. - golang: default Content-Type setting in net/http/cgi and net/http/fcgi could cause XSS CVE-2020-24553 - golang: math/big: panic during recursive...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: go-toolset:rhel8 security update

An update for the go-toolset:rhel8 module is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each...

Updated golang packages fix a security vulnerability

A flaw was found in Go standard library packages. Both the net/http/cgi and net/http/fcgi packages use a default Content-Type response header value of "text/html", rather than "text/plain". An attacker could exploit this in applications using these packages by uploading crafted files, allowing fo...

FreeBSD : go -- net/http/cgi, net/http/fcgi: XSS (XSS) when Content-Type is not specified (67b050ae-ec82-11ea-9071-10c37b4ac2ea)

The Go project reports : When a Handler does not explicitly set the Content-Type header, both CGI implementations default to 'text/html'. If an attacker can make a server generate content under their control e.g. a JSON containing user data or an uploaded image file this might be mistakenly...