SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : go1.17 (SUSE-SU-2022:0723-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 158596

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:0723-1 advisory.

- CVE-2022-23806: Fixed incorrect returned value in crypto/elliptic IsOnCurve (bsc#1195838).
- CVE-2022-23772: Fixed overflow in Rat.SetString in math/big can lead to uncontrolled memory consumption (bsc#1195835).
- CVE-2022-23773: Fixed incorrect access control in cmd/go (bsc#1195834).

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

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 go1.17, go1.17-doc and / or go1.17-race packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 158596

File Name: suse_SU-2022-0723-1.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 3/5/2022

Updated: 6/26/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.04

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-23806

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:go1.17, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:go1.17-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:go1.17-race

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/4/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/11/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-23772, CVE-2022-23773, CVE-2022-23806

IAVB: 2022-B-0008-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:0723-1

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