RHEL 7 : go-toolset-1.19-golang (RHSA-2024:1468)

high Nessus Plugin ID 192407

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for go-toolset-1.19-golang.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:1468 advisory.

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

Security Fix(es):

* golang: golang-fips/openssl: Memory leaks in code encrypting and decrypting RSA payloads (CVE-2024-1394)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 RHEL go-toolset-1.19-golang package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:1468.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?763d26a7

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

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1468

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 192407

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-1468.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/21/2024

Updated: 11/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-1394

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: 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-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-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: 3/21/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/21/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-1394

CWE: 401

RHSA: 2024:1468