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Fedora 36 : golang (2022-6d2b6ad1a6)

high Nessus Plugin ID 169722

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 36 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2022-6d2b6ad1a6 advisory.

 go1.18.9 (released 2022-12-06) includes security fixes to the net/http and os packages, as well as bug fixes to cgo, the compiler, the runtime, and the crypto/x509 and os/exec packages. See the [Go 1.18.9 milestone on the upstream issue tracker](https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.18.9+label%3ACherryPickApproved) for details.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

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 golang package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2022-6d2b6ad1a6

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 169722

File Name: fedora_2022-6d2b6ad1a6.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/10/2023

Updated: 11/14/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, continuous_assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:36, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:golang

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/15/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/15/2022

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