Amazon Linux AMI update for golang

1) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU57579

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 8.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-38297

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption via large arguments in a function invocation from a WASM module, when GOARCH=wasm GOOS=js is used.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages:

i686:
    golang-shared-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.i686
    golang-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.i686
    golang-bin-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.i686

noarch:
    golang-docs-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.noarch
    golang-tests-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.noarch
    golang-misc-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.noarch
    golang-src-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.noarch

src:
    golang-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    golang-bin-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.x86_64
    golang-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.x86_64
    golang-race-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.x86_64
    golang-shared-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.x86_64

Vulnerable software versions

Amazon Linux AMI: All versions

golang: before 1.16.15-1.37

External links

http://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2022-1583.html

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. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.

2) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU65080

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

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 packages:

i686:
    golang-shared-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.i686
    golang-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.i686
    golang-bin-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.i686

noarch:
    golang-docs-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.noarch
    golang-tests-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.noarch
    golang-misc-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.noarch
    golang-src-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.noarch

src:
    golang-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    golang-bin-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.x86_64
    golang-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.x86_64
    golang-race-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.x86_64
    golang-shared-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.x86_64

Vulnerable software versions

Amazon Linux AMI: All versions

golang: before 1.16.15-1.37

External links

http://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2022-1583.html

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.

3) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU66120

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-41772

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in archive/zip Reader.Open. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted ZIP archive containing an invalid name or an empty filename field to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages:

i686:
    golang-shared-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.i686
    golang-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.i686
    golang-bin-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.i686

noarch:
    golang-docs-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.noarch
    golang-tests-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.noarch
    golang-misc-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.noarch
    golang-src-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.noarch

src:
    golang-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    golang-bin-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.x86_64
    golang-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.x86_64
    golang-race-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.x86_64
    golang-shared-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.x86_64

Vulnerable software versions

Amazon Linux AMI: All versions

golang: before 1.16.15-1.37

External links

http://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2022-1583.html

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.

4) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU58824

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-44716

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages:

i686:
    golang-shared-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.i686
    golang-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.i686
    golang-bin-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.i686

noarch:
    golang-docs-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.noarch
    golang-tests-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.noarch
    golang-misc-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.noarch
    golang-src-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.noarch

src:
    golang-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    golang-bin-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.x86_64
    golang-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.x86_64
    golang-race-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.x86_64
    golang-shared-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.x86_64

Vulnerable software versions

Amazon Linux AMI: All versions

golang: before 1.16.15-1.37

External links

http://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2022-1583.html

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.

5) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU59042

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-44717

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when processing HTTP/2 requests. A remote attacker can send multiple HTTP/2 requests to the server and exhaust all available memory resources.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages:

i686:
    golang-shared-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.i686
    golang-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.i686
    golang-bin-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.i686

noarch:
    golang-docs-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.noarch
    golang-tests-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.noarch
    golang-misc-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.noarch
    golang-src-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.noarch

src:
    golang-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    golang-bin-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.x86_64
    golang-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.x86_64
    golang-race-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.x86_64
    golang-shared-1.16.15-1.37.amzn1.x86_64

Vulnerable software versions

Amazon Linux AMI: All versions

golang: before 1.16.15-1.37

External links

http://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2022-1583.html

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.