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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. (FEDORA-2022-6d2b6ad1a6)

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: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/10/2023

Updated: 1/10/2023

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