openSUSE 15 Security Update : go1.15 (openSUSE-SU-2021:0904-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 151024

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2021:0904-1 advisory.

- net/http in Go before 1.15.12 and 1.16.x before 1.16.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via a large header to ReadRequest or ReadResponse. Server, Transport, and Client can each be affected in some configurations. (CVE-2021-31525)

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 go1.15 and / or go1.15-race packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1175132

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1185790

http://www.nessus.org/u?91170a10

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-31525

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 151024

File Name: openSUSE-2021-904.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/28/2021

Updated: 6/28/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 1.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-31525

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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:opensuse:go1.15-race, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:go1.15, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.2

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: 6/23/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/27/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-31525