SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : go1.19 (SUSE-SU-2023:1792-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 174013

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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-2023:1792-1 advisory.

Update to 1.19.8

* CVE-2023-24534: security: net/http, net/textproto: denial of service from excessive memory allocation (bsc#1210127)
* CVE-2023-24536: security: net/http, net/textproto, mime/multipart: denial of service from excessive resource consumption (bsc#1210128)
* CVE-2023-24537: security: go/parser: infinite loop in parsing (bsc#1210129)
* CVE-2023-24538: security: html/template: backticks not treated as string delimiters (bsc#1210130)
* cmd/go: timeout on darwin-amd64-race builder
* runtime/pprof: TestLabelSystemstack due to sample with no location
* internal/testpty: fails on some Linux machines due to incorrect error handling
* cmd/link: linker fails on linux/amd64 when gcc's lto options are used
* cmd/link/internal/arm: off-by-one error in trampoline phase call reachability calculation
* time: time zone lookup using extend string makes wrong start time for non-DST zones
* runtime: crash on linux-ppc64le

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 go1.19, go1.19-doc and / or go1.19-race packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1200441

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1210127

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1210128

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1210129

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1210130

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-24534

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-24536

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-24537

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-24538

http://www.nessus.org/u?f38e9727

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 174013

File Name: suse_SU-2023-1792-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/7/2023

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: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-24538

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:go1.19-race, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:go1.19-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:go1.19

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: 4/6/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/6/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-24534, CVE-2023-24536, CVE-2023-24537, CVE-2023-24538

IAVB: 2023-B-0022-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:1792-1