SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : go1.16 (SUSE-SU-2021:2788-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 152704

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:2788-1 advisory.

Update to go1.16.7:

- go#47473 net/http: panic due to racy read of persistConn after handler panic (CVE-2021-36221 bsc#1189162)
- go#47348 cmd/go: 'go list -f '{{.Stale}}'' stack overflow with cyclic imports
- go#47332 time: Timer reset broken under heavy use since go1.16 timer optimizations added
- go#47289 cmd/link: build error with cgo in Windows, redefinition of go.map.zero
- go#47015 cmd/go: go mod vendor: open C:\Users\LICENSE: Access is denied.
- go#46928 cmd/compile: register conflict between external linker and duffzero on arm64
- go#46858 runtime: ppc64x binaries randomly segfault on linux 5.13rc6
- go#46551 cmd/go: unhelpful error message when running 'go install' on a replaced-but-not-required package

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected go1.16, go1.16-doc and / or go1.16-race packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 152704

File Name: suse_SU-2021-2788-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 8/21/2021

Updated: 6/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-36221

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:go1.16-doc, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:go1.16-race, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:go1.16

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/20/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/8/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-36221

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2021:2788-1

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