UBUNTU-CVE-2020-28851

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2020-28851

    Published: 2 Jan 2021Last Modified: 23 Jun 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2020-28851
    Aliases:
    USN-5873-1

    Summary:

    Details: In x/text in Go 1.15.4, an "index out of range" panic occurs in language.ParseAcceptLanguage while parsing the -u- extension. (x/text/language is supposed to be able to parse an HTTP Accept-Language header.)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-28851, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5873-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-28851

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: golang-x-text

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/golang-x-text?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0+git20151019.0fe7e68-0ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
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    Availability
    None
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