RHEL 7 : go-toolset-1.19 and go-toolset-1.19-golang (RHSA-2023:3920)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 177738

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for go-toolset-1.19 / go-toolset-1.19-golang.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:3920 advisory.

Go Toolset provides the Go programming language tools and libraries. Go is alternatively known as golang.

Security Fix(es):

* golang: cmd/go: go command may generate unexpected code at build time when using cgo (CVE-2023-29402)

* golang: cmd/go: go command may execute arbitrary code at build time when using cgo (CVE-2023-29404)

* golang: cmd/cgo: Arbitratry code execution triggered by linker flags (CVE-2023-29405)

* golang: runtime: unexpected behavior of setuid/setgid binaries (CVE-2023-29403)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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

Update the RHEL go-toolset-1.19 / go-toolset-1.19-golang packages based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:3920.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 177738

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-3920.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 6/29/2023

Updated: 11/7/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-29405

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-toolset-1.19-build, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-toolset-1.19-golang-bin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-toolset-1.19-runtime, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-toolset-1.19, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-toolset-1.19-golang-race, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-toolset-1.19-golang-src, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-toolset-1.19-golang, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-toolset-1.19-golang-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-toolset-1.19-scldevel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-toolset-1.19-golang-misc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-toolset-1.19-golang-tests

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/29/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/8/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-29402, CVE-2023-29403, CVE-2023-29404, CVE-2023-29405

CWE: 668, 74, 94

IAVB: 2023-B-0080-S

RHSA: 2023:3920

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