RHEL 7 : go-toolset-7 and go-toolset-7-golang (RHSA-2018:1304)

high Nessus Plugin ID 109569

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for go-toolset-7 / go-toolset-7-golang.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2018:1304 advisory.

Go Toolset provides the Go programming language tools and libraries. Go is alternatively known as golang.

The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: go-toolset-7-golang (1.8.7).
(BZ#1545319)

Go Toolset is provided as a Technology Preview.

Security Fix(es):

* golang: arbitrary code execution during go get via C compiler options (CVE-2018-6574)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed changes and information on usage, see Using Go Toolset linked from the References section.
For information on scope of support, see the Technology Preview Features Support Scope document.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 RHEL go-toolset-7 / go-toolset-7-golang packages based on the guidance in RHSA-2018:1304.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 109569

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-1304.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 5/4/2018

Updated: 11/5/2024

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: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-6574

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/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-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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/3/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/7/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-6574

CWE: 20

RHSA: 2018:1304

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