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Ubuntu 7081-1: Go Security Advisory Updates

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Calendar Grey October 23, 2024
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7081-1 addresses critical Golang issues with denial of service risks on multiple Ubuntu releases.
Several security issues were fixed in Go.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in Go.

Software Description:

- golang-1.22: Go programming language compiler

Details:

It was discovered that the Go net/http module did not properly handle

responses to requests with an "Expect: 100-continue" header under certain

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

of service. (CVE-2024-24791)

It was discovered that the Go parser module did not properly handle deeply

nested literal values. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause

a panic resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2024-34155)

It was discovered that the Go encoding/gob module did not properly handle

message decoding under certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly

use this issue to cause a panic resulting in a denial of service.

(CVE-2024-34156)

It was discovered that the Go build module did not properly handle certain

build tag lines with deeply nested expressions. An attacker could possibly

use this ...

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
   golang-1.22                     1.22.2-2ubuntu0.3
   golang-1.22-go                  1.22.2-2ubuntu0.3
   golang-1.22-src                 1.22.2-2ubuntu0.3

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   golang-1.22                     1.22.2-2~22.04.2
   golang-1.22-go                  1.22.2-2~22.04.2
   golang-1.22-src                 1.22.2-2~22.04.2

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
   golang-1.22                     1.22.2-2~20.04.2
   golang-1.22-go                  1.22.2-2~20.04.2
   golang-1.22-src                 1.22.2-2~20.04.2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7081-1

CVE-2024-24791, CVE-2024-34155, CVE-2024-34156, CVE-2024-34158

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7081-1

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/golang-1.22/1.22.2-2ubuntu0.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/golang-1.22/1.22.2-2~22.04.2

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