SUSE update for go1.17

Published: 2021-12-01

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2021-41771 CVE-2021-41772
CWE-ID	CWE-119 CWE-20
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools Operating systems & Components / Operating system go1.17-race Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component go1.17-doc Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component go1.17 Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component
Vendor	SUSE

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU65080

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-41771

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists in debug/macho of the Go standard library when using the debug/macho standard library (stdlib) and malformed binaries are parsed using Open or OpenFat. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted file to perform a denial of service attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected package go1.17 to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools: 15-SP2 - 15-SP3

go1.17-race: before 1.17.3-1.9.1

go1.17-doc: before 1.17.3-1.9.1

go1.17: before 1.17.3-1.9.1

CPE2.3

External links

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2021/suse-su-20213833-1/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU66120