RHEL 7 : go-toolset-1.19 and go-toolset-1.19-golang (RHSA-2023:5719)

high Nessus Plugin ID 183204

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-2023:5719 advisory.

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

Security Fix(es):

* golang: net/http, x/net/http2: rapid stream resets can cause excessive work [CVE-2023-44487] (CVE-2023-39325)

* HTTP/2: Multiple HTTP/2 enabled web servers are vulnerable to a DDoS attack (Rapid Reset Attack) (CVE-2023-44487)

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-2023:5719.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?29443b46

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/RHSB-2023-003

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5719

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2242803

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2243296

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 183204

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-5719.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/16/2023

Updated: 6/3/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-44487

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7

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:F/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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/16/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/10/2023

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 10/31/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-39325, CVE-2023-44487

CWE: 400

IAVB: 2023-B-0083-S

RHSA: 2023:5719