RHEL 8 : go-toolset:rhel8 (RHSA-2024:1962)

high Nessus Plugin ID 193729

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for go-toolset:rhel8.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:1962 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: unlimited number of CONTINUATION frames causes DoS (CVE-2023-45288)

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 this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL go-toolset:rhel8 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:1962.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?2987efb7

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2268273

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1962

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 193729

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-1962.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/23/2024

Updated: 11/8/2024

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: 4.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-45288

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:golang-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:golang-src, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:delve, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:golang-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-toolset, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:golang, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:golang-bin, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:golang-misc

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: 4/23/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/4/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-45288

CWE: 400

RHSA: 2024:1962