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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: USN-5725-1 Critical: Go Program Crash Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey November 15, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ensure your Ubuntu installations are current to mitigate the identified security flaw within the Go programming language that impacts several LTS editions.
Go applications could be made to hang or crash if they received specially crafted input.

Summary

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security advisory denial of service critical ubuntu input handling go programming

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 22.10:   golang-1.13                     1.13.8-1ubuntu2.22.10.1   golang-1.13-go                  1.13.8-1ubuntu2.22.10.1   golang-1.13-src                 1.13.8-1ubuntu2.22.10.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:   golang-1.13                     1.13.8-1ubuntu2.22.04.1   golang-1.13-go                  1.13.8-1ubuntu2.22.04.1   golang-1.13-src                 1.13.8-1ubuntu2.22.04.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:   golang-1.13                     1.13.8-1ubuntu1.1   golang-1.13-go                  1.13.8-1ubuntu1.1   golang-1.13-src                 1.13.8-1ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:   golang-1.13                     1.13.8-1ubuntu1~18.04.4   golang-1.13-go                  1.13.8-1ubuntu1~18.04.4   golang-1.13-src                 1.13.8-1ubuntu1~18.04.4 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. You still need to update all packages built with the affected version.

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5725-1

  CVE-2020-16845

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November 15, 2022

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security advisory denial of service critical ubuntu input handling go programming

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/golang-1.13/1.13.8-1ubuntu2.22.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/golang-1.13/1.13.8-1ubuntu2.22.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/golang-1.13/1.13.8-1ubuntu1.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/golang-1.13/1.13.8-1ubuntu1~18.04.4

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