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FreeBSD : go -- multiple vulnerabilities (e2af876f-a7c8-11ec-9a2a-002324b2fba8)

high Nessus Plugin ID 159073

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the e2af876f-a7c8-11ec-9a2a-002324b2fba8 advisory.

 - regexp.Compile in Go before 1.16.15 and 1.17.x before 1.17.8 allows stack exhaustion via a deeply nested expression. (CVE-2022-24921)

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 packages.

See Also

https://github.com/golang/go/issues/51112

http://www.nessus.org/u?bce5c0ac

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 159073

File Name: freebsd_pkg_e2af876fa7c811ec9a2a002324b2fba8.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 3/20/2022

Updated: 11/6/2023

Supported Sensors: 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-2022-24921

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:freebsd:freebsd:go, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/19/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/5/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-24921

IAVB: 2022-B-0011-S