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RHEL 8 : go-toolset:rhel8 (RHSA-2021:5160)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 156108
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:5160 advisory.- golang: net/http: limit growth of header canonicalization cache (CVE-2021-44716)
- golang: syscall: don't close fd 0 on ForkExec error (CVE-2021-44717)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-44716
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-44717
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:5160
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 156108
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-5160.nasl
Version: 1.7
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 12/15/2021
Updated: 1/23/2023
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.8
Temporal Score: 4.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-44717
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.8
Temporal Score: 4.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:delve, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:golang-bin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:golang, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:golang-race, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:golang-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-toolset, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:golang-misc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:golang-src, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:golang-tests, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.6
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 12/15/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/9/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-44716, CVE-2021-44717