RHEL 7 : go-toolset-1.16 and go-toolset-1.16-golang (RHSA-2021:5176)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 156127

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for go-toolset-1.16 / go-toolset-1.16-golang.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:5176 advisory.

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

Security Fix(es):

* golang: net/http: limit growth of header canonicalization cache (CVE-2021-44716)

* golang: syscall: don't close fd 0 on ForkExec error (CVE-2021-44717)

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

Bug Fix(es):

* Rebase Go to 1.16.12 [devtools-2021.4.z] (BZ#2031148)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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-1.16 / go-toolset-1.16-golang packages based on the guidance in RHSA-2021:5176.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 156127

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-5176.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 12/16/2021

Updated: 11/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-44717

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-toolset-1.16-golang-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-toolset-1.16-golang, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-toolset-1.16-build, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-toolset-1.16, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-toolset-1.16-golang-bin, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-toolset-1.16-golang-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-toolset-1.16-runtime, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-toolset-1.16-golang-src, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-toolset-1.16-golang-misc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-toolset-1.16-golang-race, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-toolset-1.16-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: 12/16/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/8/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-41772, CVE-2021-44716, CVE-2021-44717

CWE: 125, 200, 400

RHSA: 2021:5176

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