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RedHat: RHSA-2023-3922-01 Critical: Go-Toolset Code Execution Risks

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Calendar Grey June 29, 2023
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The latest crucial patch for the go-toolset on RHEL8 from Red Hat resolves various security vulnerabilities. Ensure the security patch is implemented promptly.
An update for the go-toolset:rhel8 module is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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

Summary

Go Toolset provides the Go programming language tools and libraries. Go is alternatively known as golang.
Security Fix(es):
* golang: cmd/go: go command may generate unexpected code at build time when using cgo (CVE-2023-29402)
* golang: cmd/go: go command may execute arbitrary code at build time when using cgo (CVE-2023-29404)
* golang: cmd/cgo: Arbitratry code execution triggered by linker flags (CVE-2023-29405)
* golang: runtime: unexpected behavior of setuid/setgid binaries (CVE-2023-29403)
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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat update critical arbitrary code execution go-toolset RHEL8

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-29402 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-29403 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-29404 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-29405 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source: delve-1.9.1-1.module+el8.8.0+16778+5fbb74f5.src.rpm go-toolset-1.19.10-1.module+el8.8.0+19203+782922b7.src.rpm golang-1.19.10-1.module+el8.8.0+19203+782922b7.src.rpm
aarch64: go-toolset-1.19.10-1.module+el8.8.0+19203+782922b7.aarch64.rpm golang-1.19.10-1.module+el8.8.0+19203+782922b7.aarch64.rpm golang-bin-1.19.10-1.module+el8.8.0+19203+782922b7.aarch64.rpm
noarch: golang-docs-1.19.10-1.module+el8.8.0+19203+782922b7.noarch.rpm golang-misc-1.19.10-1.module+el8.8.0+19203+782922b7.noarch.rpm golang-src-1.19.10-1.module+el8.8.0+19203+782922b7.noarch.rpm golang-tests-1.19.10-1.module+el8.8.0+19203+782922b7.noarch.rpm
ppc64le: go-toolset-1.19.10-1.module+el8.8.0+19203+782922b7.ppc64le.rpm golang-1.19.10-1.module+el8.8.0+19203+782922b7.ppc64le.rpm golang-bin-1.19.10-1.module+el8.8.0+19203+782922b7.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: go-toolset-1.19.10-1.module+el8.8.0+19203+782922b7.s390x.rpm golang-1.19.10-1.module+el8.8.0+19203+782922b7.s390x.rpm golang-bin-1.19.10-1.module+el8.8.0+19203+782922b7.s390x.rpm
x86_64: delve-1.9.1-1.module+el8.8.0+16778+5fbb74f5.x86_64.rpm delve-debuginfo-1.9.1-1.module+el8.8.0+16778+5fbb74f5.x86_64.rpm delve-debugsource-1.9.1-1.module+el8.8.0+16778+5fbb74f5.x86_64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:3922-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3922
Issue date: 2023-06-29

Topic

An update for the go-toolset:rhel8 module is now available for Red HatEnterprise Linux 8.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat update critical arbitrary code execution go-toolset RHEL8

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2216965 - CVE-2023-29403 golang: runtime: unexpected behavior of setuid/setgid binaries

2217562 - CVE-2023-29402 golang: cmd/go: go command may generate unexpected code at build time when using cgo

2217565 - CVE-2023-29404 golang: cmd/go: go command may execute arbitrary code at build time when using cgo

2217569 - CVE-2023-29405 golang: cmd/cgo: Arbitratry code execution triggered by linker flags

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