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Amazon Linux AMI Security Advisory: ALAS-2016-731
Advisory Release Date: 2016-08-17 13:30 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2016-08-17 13:30 Pacific
Severity:
Medium
References:
CVE-2016-5386
Issue Overview:
An input-validation flaw was discovered in the Go programming language built in CGI implementation, which set the environment variable "HTTP_PROXY" using the incoming "Proxy" HTTP-request header. The environment variable "HTTP_PROXY" is used by numerous web clients, including Go's net/http package, to specify a proxy server to use for HTTP and, in some cases, HTTPS requests. This meant that when a CGI-based web application ran, an attacker could specify a proxy server which the application then used for subsequent outgoing requests, allowing a man-in-the-middle attack.
Affected Packages:
golang
Issue Correction:
Run yum update golang to update your system.
New Packages:
i686:
golang-bin-1.5.3-1.22.amzn1.i686
golang-1.5.3-1.22.amzn1.i686
noarch:
golang-docs-1.5.3-1.22.amzn1.noarch
golang-src-1.5.3-1.22.amzn1.noarch
golang-tests-1.5.3-1.22.amzn1.noarch
golang-misc-1.5.3-1.22.amzn1.noarch
src:
golang-1.5.3-1.22.amzn1.src
x86_64:
golang-1.5.3-1.22.amzn1.x86_64
golang-bin-1.5.3-1.22.amzn1.x86_64