SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : go1.20 (SUSE-SU-2023:2526-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 177408

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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-2023:2526-1 advisory.

Update to go1.20.5 (bsc#1206346):

- CVE-2023-29402: cmd/go: Fixed cgo code injection (bsc#1212073).
- CVE-2023-29403: runtime: Fixed unexpected behavior of setuid/setgid binaries (bsc#1212074).
- CVE-2023-29404: cmd/go: Fixed improper sanitization of LDFLAGS (bsc#1212075).
- CVE-2023-29405: cmd/go: Fixed improper sanitization of LDFLAGS (bsc#1212076).

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 go1.20, go1.20-doc and / or go1.20-race packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 177408

File Name: suse_SU-2023-2526-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/17/2023

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: 5.9

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-2023-29405

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:go1.20, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:go1.20-doc, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:go1.20-race

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: 6/16/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/8/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-29402, CVE-2023-29403, CVE-2023-29404, CVE-2023-29405

IAVB: 2023-B-0080-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:2526-1

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