CentOS 8 : go-toolset:rhel8 (CESA-2020:0329)

high Nessus Plugin ID 145950

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2020:0329 advisory.

- golang: HTTP/1.1 headers with a space before the colon leads to filter bypass or request smuggling (CVE-2019-16276)

- golang: invalid public key causes panic in dsa.Verify (CVE-2019-17596)

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 packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0329

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 145950

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2020-0329.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/1/2021

Updated: 1/24/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-16276

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:golang-race, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:golang-misc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:golang-src, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:golang-docs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:golang, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:golang-bin, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:golang-tests, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:go-toolset

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/4/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/30/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-16276, CVE-2019-17596

RHSA: 2020:0329