RHSA-2023:3083 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for the go-toolset:rhel8 module is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

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

Security Fix(es):

• golang: crypto/tls: large handshake records may cause panics (CVE-2022-41724)
• golang: net/http, mime/multipart: denial of service from excessive resource consumption (CVE-2022-41725)

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.

Bug Fix(es):

• Backport fix for https://github.com/golang/go/issues/56891 (BZ#2167412)
• Update Go to 1.19.6 (BZ#2174430)

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.8 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 2167412 - Backport fix for https://github.com/golang/go/issues/56891
• BZ - 2178488 - CVE-2022-41725 golang: net/http, mime/multipart: denial of service from excessive resource consumption
• BZ - 2178492 - CVE-2022-41724 golang: crypto/tls: large handshake records may cause panics

CVEs

• CVE-2022-41724
• CVE-2022-41725

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate