SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : go1.16 (SUSE-SU-2021:0937-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 148139

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for go1.16 fixes the following issues :

go1.16.2 (released 2021-03-11) (bsc#1182345)

go1.16.1 (released 2021-03-10) (bsc#1182345)

- CVE-2021-27918: Fixed an infinite loop when using xml.NewTokenDecoder with a custom TokenReader (bsc#1183333).

- CVE-2021-27919: Fixed an issue where archive/zip: can panic when calling Reader.Open (bsc#1183334).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP2 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP2-2021-937=1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 148139

File Name: suse_SU-2021-0937-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 3/26/2021

Updated: 1/8/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-27918

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:go1.16, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:go1.16-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:go1.16-race, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/24/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/11/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-27918, CVE-2021-27919

IAVB: 2021-B-0040-S

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