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Debian DLA-2892-1 : golang-1.7 - LTS security update
medium Nessus Plugin ID 156955
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.Description
The remote Debian 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-2892 advisory.Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the Go programming language. An attacker could trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) and information leak. CVE-2021-33196 In archive/zip, a crafted file count (in an archive's header) can cause a NewReader or OpenReader panic. CVE-2021-36221 Go has a race condition that can lead to a net/http/httputil ReverseProxy panic upon an ErrAbortHandler abort. CVE-2021-39293 Follow-up fix to CVE-2021-33196 CVE-2021-41771 ImportedSymbols in debug/macho (for Open or OpenFat) accesses a Memory Location After the End of a Buffer, aka an out-of-bounds slice situation. CVE-2021-44716 net/http allows uncontrolled memory consumption in the header canonicalization cache via HTTP/2 requests.
CVE-2021-44717 Go on UNIX allows write operations to an unintended file or unintended network connection as a consequence of erroneous closing of file descriptor 0 after file-descriptor exhaustion. For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 1.7.4-2+deb9u4. We recommend that you upgrade your golang-1.7 packages. For the detailed security status of golang-1.7 please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/golang-1.7 Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian 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
Upgrade the golang-1.7 packages.For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 1.7.4-2+deb9u4.
See Also
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=989492
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/golang-1.7
https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2022/dla-2892
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-33196
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-36221
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-39293
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-41771
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-44716
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 156955
File Name: debian_DLA-2892.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 1/22/2022
Updated: 1/24/2025
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.8
Temporal Score: 4.5
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: 4.3
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:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:golang-1.7, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:golang-1.7-go, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:golang-1.7-src, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:golang-1.7-doc
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/21/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/2/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-33196, CVE-2021-36221, CVE-2021-39293, CVE-2021-41771, CVE-2021-44716, CVE-2021-44717