Debian Long Term Support / LTS Security Information / 2022 / Security Information -- DLA-2986-1 golang-1.8

Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2986-1 golang-1.8 -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

28 Apr 2022

Affected Packages:

golang-1.8

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2022-23772, CVE-2022-23806, CVE-2022-24921.

More information:

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the Go programming language. An attacker could trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) or invalid cryptographic computation.

• CVE-2022-23772

  Rat.SetString in math/big has an overflow that can lead to Uncontrolled Memory Consumption.

• CVE-2022-23806

  Curve.IsOnCurve in crypto/elliptic can incorrectly return true in situations with a big.Int value that is not a valid field element.

• CVE-2022-24921

  regexp.Compile allows stack exhaustion via a deeply nested expression.

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 1.8.1-1+deb9u5.

We recommend that you upgrade your golang-1.8 packages.

For the detailed security status of golang-1.8 please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/golang-1.8

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS