Amazon Linux 2023 : golang, golang-bin, golang-misc (ALAS2023-2025-977)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 237671

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2023 host is missing a security update.

Description

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2025-977 advisory.

A directory traversal vulnerability was discovered in the Go programming language's os package in versions prior to 1.24.3. The vulnerability allows improper access to the parent directory of an os.Root by opening a filename ending in ../. When exploited, this vulnerability permits an attacker to open the parent directory of the Root, though it does not allow access to ancestors of the parent or files contained within the parent directory. This issue has been fixed in Go 1.24.3, where Root now correctly returns an error when such access is attempted. (CVE-2025-22873)

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Run 'dnf update golang --releasever 2023.7.20250527' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 237671

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2025-977.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 6/2/2025

Updated: 6/2/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-22873

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:golang-bin, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:golang-src, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:golang-tests, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:golang, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:golang-shared, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:golang-docs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:golang-misc, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/2/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/8/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-22873

IAVB: 2025-B-0069

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