RHEL 7 : go-toolset-7 and go-toolset-7-golang (RHSA-2017:3463)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 105367

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for go-toolset-7 / go-toolset-7-golang.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2017:3463 advisory.

- golang: arbitrary code execution during go get or go get -d (CVE-2017-15041)

- golang: smtp.PlainAuth susceptible to man-in-the-middle password harvesting (CVE-2017-15042)

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 RHEL go-toolset-7 / go-toolset-7-golang packages based on the guidance in RHSA-2017:3463.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3463

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

http://www.nessus.org/u?54db15c8

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1498867

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1498870

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 105367

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2017-3463.nasl

Version: 3.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/19/2017

Updated: 4/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-15041

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:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-toolset-7-runtime, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-toolset-7-dockerfiles, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-toolset-7-golang-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-toolset-7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-toolset-7-golang-src, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-toolset-7-golang-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-toolset-7-golang, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-toolset-7-golang-bin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-toolset-7-golang-misc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-toolset-7-build, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-toolset-7-golang-race, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-toolset-7-scldevel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/14/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/5/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-15041, CVE-2017-15042

CWE: 300

RHSA: 2017:3463