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Fedora 38 : golang (2023-8ee7d4a8e3)

high Nessus Plugin ID 173801

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 38 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-8ee7d4a8e3 advisory.

 - go1.20.2 (released 2023-03-07) includes a security fix to the crypto/elliptic package, as well as bug fixes to the compiler, the covdata command, the linker, the runtime, and the crypto/ecdh, crypto/rsa, crypto/x509, os, and syscall packages. See the [Go 1.20.2 milestone on the upstream issue](https://go.dev/doc/devel/release#go1.20.2) tracker for details. (FEDORA-2023-8ee7d4a8e3)

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-2023-8ee7d4a8e3

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 173801

File Name: fedora_2023-8ee7d4a8e3.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/4/2023

Updated: 4/4/2023

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:38, 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: 3/28/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/28/2023

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