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  "cveId": "CVE-2020-16845",
  "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16845",
  "summary": "CVE-2020-16845 is fixed in 12 products on 1 platform, first by golang-1.13 1.13.8-1ubuntu1~18.04.4, released August 6, 2020. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.",
  "title": "golang-docs: Go Toolset provides the Go programming language tools and libraries",
  "description": "Go Toolset provides the Go programming language tools and libraries. Go is alternatively known as golang.\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* golang.org/x/text: possibility to trigger an infinite loop in encoding/unicode could lead to crash (CVE-2020-14040)\n\n* golang: data race in certain net/http servers including ReverseProxy can lead to DoS (CVE-2020-15586)\n\n* golang: ReadUvarint and ReadVarint can read an unlimited number of bytes from invalid inputs (CVE-2020-16845)\n\nFor more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.",
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