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Fedora 41 : golang (2025-ef6e0fa117)

high Nessus Plugin ID 242595

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 41 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-ef6e0fa117 advisory.

 go1.23.11 (released 2025-07-08) includes security fixes to the go command, as well as bug fixes to the compiler, the linker, and the runtime. [See the issue tracker for details](https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.23.11%20label%3ACherryPickApproved).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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

Update the affected golang package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-ef6e0fa117

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 242595

File Name: fedora_2025-ef6e0fa117.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/23/2025

Updated: 7/23/2025

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:golang, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:41

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/14/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/14/2025

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