SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : go1.18 (SUSE-SU-2022:4398-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 168602

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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 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:4398-1 advisory.

Update to version 1.18.9, includes the following security fixes:

- CVE-2022-41717: net/http: limit canonical header cache by bytes, not entries (bsc#1206135)
- CVE-2022-41720: os, net/http: avoid escapes from os.DirFS and http.Dir on Windows (bsc#1206134)

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 go1.18, go1.18-doc and / or go1.18-race packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 168602

File Name: suse_SU-2022-4398-1.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 12/10/2022

Updated: 6/26/2026

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: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-41720

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:go1.18, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:go1.18-race, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:go1.18-doc

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: 12/9/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/6/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-41717, CVE-2022-41720

IAVB: 2022-B-0059-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:4398-1

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