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openSUSE Leap 15.3 openSUSE-SU-2021:3487-1 Moderate: Go1.16 Threat Fix

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Calendar Grey October 20, 2021
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Fortify your openSUSE Leap 15.3 system by applying the go1.16 update, which remedies CVE-2021-38297 along with extra vulnerabilities.
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 go1.16.9

- CVE-2021-38297: misc/wasm, cmd/link: do not let command line args

overwrite global data (bsc#1191468)

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update software patch threat mitigation openSUSE go1.16

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-15.3-2021-3487=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

go1.16-1.16.9-1.29.1

go1.16-doc-1.16.9-1.29.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 x86_64):

go1.16-race-1.16.9-1.29.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-38297.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1182345

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1191468

Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:3487-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.3 ble.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update software patch threat mitigation openSUSE go1.16

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