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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9: Critical Go Toolset Security Fix RHSA-2023-3923

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Calendar Grey June 29, 2023
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Important security patch for go-toolset and golang on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, rectifying several vulnerabilities.
An update for go-toolset and golang is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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.
The golang packages provide the Go programming language compiler.
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 code execution security fix golang

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. 9):
Source: go-toolset-1.19.10-1.el9_2.src.rpm golang-1.19.10-1.el9_2.src.rpm
aarch64: go-toolset-1.19.10-1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm golang-1.19.10-1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm golang-bin-1.19.10-1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
noarch: golang-docs-1.19.10-1.el9_2.noarch.rpm golang-misc-1.19.10-1.el9_2.noarch.rpm golang-src-1.19.10-1.el9_2.noarch.rpm golang-tests-1.19.10-1.el9_2.noarch.rpm
ppc64le: go-toolset-1.19.10-1.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm golang-1.19.10-1.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm golang-bin-1.19.10-1.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: go-toolset-1.19.10-1.el9_2.s390x.rpm golang-1.19.10-1.el9_2.s390x.rpm golang-bin-1.19.10-1.el9_2.s390x.rpm
x86_64: go-toolset-1.19.10-1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm golang-1.19.10-1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm golang-bin-1.19.10-1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm golang-race-1.19.10-1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:3923-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3923
Issue date: 2023-06-29

Topic

An update for go-toolset and golang is now available for Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 9.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 code execution security fix golang

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) - 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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