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RHEL 9 : go-toolset and golang (RHSA-2022:5799)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 163676
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for go-toolset / golang.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2022:5799 advisory.Go Toolset provides the Go programming language tools and libraries. Go is alternatively known as golang.
The golang packages provide the Go programming language compiler.
Security Fix(es):
* golang: compress/gzip: stack exhaustion in Reader.Read (CVE-2022-30631)
* golang: net/http: improper sanitization of Transfer-Encoding header (CVE-2022-1705)
* golang: go/parser: stack exhaustion in all Parse* functions (CVE-2022-1962)
* golang: encoding/xml: stack exhaustion in Decoder.Skip (CVE-2022-28131)
* golang: io/fs: stack exhaustion in Glob (CVE-2022-30630)
* golang: path/filepath: stack exhaustion in Glob (CVE-2022-30632)
* golang: encoding/xml: stack exhaustion in Unmarshal (CVE-2022-30633)
* golang: encoding/gob: stack exhaustion in Decoder.Decode (CVE-2022-30635)
* golang: net/http/httputil: NewSingleHostReverseProxy - omit X-Forwarded-For not working (CVE-2022-32148)
For 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.
Bug Fix(es):
* Clean up dist-git patches (BZ#2109174)
* Update Go to version 1.17.12 (BZ#2109183)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 RHEL go-toolset / golang packages based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:5799.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?25a4f599
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:5799
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2107342
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2107371
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2107374
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2107376
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2107383
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2107386
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2107388
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2107390
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2107392
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 163676
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-5799.nasl
Version: 1.15
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 8/1/2022
Updated: 3/6/2025
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-29526
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-32148
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:golang-race, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:golang-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:golang-src, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:golang-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:golang-misc, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:golang-bin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:golang, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-toolset
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/1/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/5/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-1705, CVE-2022-1962, CVE-2022-24675, CVE-2022-24921, CVE-2022-28131, CVE-2022-28327, CVE-2022-29526, CVE-2022-30629, CVE-2022-30630, CVE-2022-30631, CVE-2022-30632, CVE-2022-30633, CVE-2022-30635, CVE-2022-32148