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openSUSE Leap 15.3: 2021:3292-1 Important Go1.16 Buffer Overflow Fix

opensuse
Calendar Grey October 6, 2021
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Urgent patch released for openSUSE Leap targeting a memory overflow in go1.16 to avert Out Of Memory panic scenarios.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available

Description

This update for go1.16 fixes the following issues:

- Update to go 1.16.8

- CVE-2021-39293: Fixed a buffer overflow issue in preallocation check

that can cause OOM panic. (bas#)

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow important fix openSUSE patch instructions go lang OOM panic

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.3-2021-3292=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

go1.16-1.16.8-1.26.1

go1.16-doc-1.16.8-1.26.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 x86_64):

go1.16-race-1.16.8-1.26.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-39293.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1182345

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1190589

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:3292-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.3 ble.

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow important fix openSUSE patch instructions go lang OOM panic

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