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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS USN-6038-1 Critical: Go Denial Of Service Threat

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Calendar Grey April 25, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6039-1 outlines several vulnerabilities found in Python that may result in unauthorized access or service interruption.
Several security issues were fixed in Go.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in Go.

Software Description:

- golang-1.18: Go programming language compiler - metapackage

Details:

It was discovered that the Go net/http module incorrectly handled

Transfer-Encoding headers in the HTTP/1 client. A remote attacker could

possibly use this issue to perform an HTTP Request Smuggling attack.

(CVE-2022-1705)

It was discovered that Go did not properly manage memory under certain

circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a panic

resulting into a denial of service. (CVE-2022-1962, CVE-2022-27664,

CVE-2022-28131, CVE-2022-30630, CVE-2022-30631, CVE-2022-30632,

CVE-2022-30633, CVE-2022-30635, CVE-2022-32189, CVE-2022-41715,

CVE-2022-41717, CVE-2023-24534, CVE-2023-24537)

It was discovered that Go did not properly implemented the maximum size of

file headers in Reader.Read. An attacker could possibly use this issue to

cause a panic resulting into a denial of service. (CVE-2022-2879)

It was discovered that the G...

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security advisory denial of service critical ubuntu data exposure go http request attack

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
  golang-1.18                     1.18.1-1ubuntu1.1
  golang-1.18-go                  1.18.1-1ubuntu1.1
  golang-1.18-src                 1.18.1-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  golang-1.18                     1.18.1-1ubuntu1~20.04.2
  golang-1.18-go                  1.18.1-1ubuntu1~20.04.2
  golang-1.18-src                 1.18.1-1ubuntu1~20.04.2

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  golang-1.18                     1.18.1-1ubuntu1~18.04.4
  golang-1.18-go                  1.18.1-1ubuntu1~18.04.4
  golang-1.18-src                 1.18.1-1ubuntu1~18.04.4

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
You still need to update all the packages built with the affected version.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6038-1

CVE-2022-1705, CVE-2022-1962, CVE-2022-27664, CVE-2022-28131,

CVE-2022-2879, CVE-2022-2880, CVE-2022-29526, CVE-2022-30629,

CVE-2022-30630, CVE-2022-30631, CVE-2022-30632, CVE-2022-30633,

CVE-2022-30635, CVE-2022-32148, CVE-2022-32189, CVE-2022-41715,

CVE-2022-41717, CVE-2023-24534, CVE-2023-24537, CVE-2023-24538

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security advisory denial of service critical ubuntu data exposure go http request attack

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/golang-1.18/1.18.1-1ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/golang-1.18/1.18.1-1ubuntu1~20.04.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/golang-1.18/1.18.1-1ubuntu1~18.04.4

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