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Ubuntu 7362-1: go-gh Security Advisory Updates

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Calendar Grey March 21, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A critical security advisory for Ubuntu covering go-gh exposure of sensitive information and recommended updates.
go-gh could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 24.10 - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Summary: go-gh could be made to expose sensitive information over the network. Software Description: - golang-github-cli-go-gh-v2: Go module for interacting with gh and the GitHub API from the command line Details: It was discovered that go-gh incorrectly handled authentication tokens. An attacker could possibly use this issue to leak authentication tokens to the wrong host. (CVE-2024-53859)

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Topics Covered

security advisory information leak Ubuntu authentication network exposure go-gh

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 24.10   golang-github-cli-go-gh-v2-dev  2.6.0-1ubuntu0.24.10.1 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS   golang-github-cli-go-gh-v2-dev  2.6.0-1ubuntu0.24.04.1~esm1                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7362-1

  CVE-2024-53859

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Topics Covered

security advisory information leak Ubuntu authentication network exposure go-gh

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/golang-github-cli-go-gh-v2/2.6.0-1ubuntu0.24.10.1

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