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

ubuntu

November 15, 2022

Go applications could be made to hang or crash if they received specially crafted input.

Summary

Go applications could be made to hang or crash if they received

specially crafted input.

Software Description:

- golang-1.13: Go programming language compiler

Details:

Diederik Loerakker, Jonny Rhea, Raúl Kripalani, and Preston

Van Loon discovered that Go incorrectly handled certain inputs.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Go applications

to hang or crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Topics Covered

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.