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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 : Go vulnerabilities (USN-7574-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 240198

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7574-1 advisory.

 Kyle Seely discovered that the Go net/http module did not properly handle sensitive headers during repeated redirects. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information.
 (CVE-2024-45336)

 Juho Forsn discovered that the Go crypto/x509 module incorrectly handled IPv6 addresses during URI parsing. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass certificate URI constraints. (CVE-2024-45341)

 It was discovered that the Go crypto module did not properly handle variable time instructions under certain circumstances on 64-bit Power (ppc64el) systems. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2025-22866)

 It was discovered that the Go http/httpproxy module did not properly handle IPv6 zone IDs during hostname matching. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2025-22870)

 Takeshi Kaneko discovered that the Go net/http module did not properly strip sensitive proxy headers during redirect requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information.
 (CVE-2025-4673)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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 golang-1.22, golang-1.22-go and / or golang-1.22-src packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7574-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 240198

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7574-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/19/2025

Updated: 6/19/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-45341

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-4673

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.22, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.22-go, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.22-src, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.10

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/18/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/21/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-45336, CVE-2024-45341, CVE-2025-22866, CVE-2025-22870, CVE-2025-4673

USN: 7574-1