Important: go-toolset-1.19 and go-toolset-1.19-golang security update

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-24537   CVE-2023-24538   CVE-2023-24539   CVE-2023-24540   CVE-2023-29400  

Synopsis

Important: go-toolset-1.19 and go-toolset-1.19-golang security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

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Topic

An update for go-toolset-1.19 and go-toolset-1.19-golang is now available for Red Hat Developer Tools.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

Go Toolset provides the Go programming language tools and libraries. Go is alternatively known as golang.

Security Fix(es):

  • golang: html/template: improper handling of JavaScript whitespace (CVE-2023-24540)
  • golang: go/parser: Infinite loop in parsing (CVE-2023-24537)
  • golang: html/template: backticks not treated as string delimiters (CVE-2023-24538)
  • golang: html/template: improper sanitization of CSS values (CVE-2023-24539)
  • golang: html/template: improper handling of empty HTML attributes (CVE-2023-29400)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Developer Tools (for RHEL Workstation) 1 x86_64
  • Red Hat Developer Tools (for RHEL Server) 1 x86_64
  • Red Hat Developer Tools (for RHEL Server for System Z) 1 s390x
  • Red Hat Developer Tools (for RHEL Server for IBM Power LE) 1 ppc64le

Fixes

  • BZ - 2184481 - CVE-2023-24538 golang: html/template: backticks not treated as string delimiters
  • BZ - 2184484 - CVE-2023-24537 golang: go/parser: Infinite loop in parsing
  • BZ - 2196026 - CVE-2023-24539 golang: html/template: improper sanitization of CSS values
  • BZ - 2196027 - CVE-2023-24540 golang: html/template: improper handling of JavaScript whitespace
  • BZ - 2196029 - CVE-2023-29400 golang: html/template: improper handling of empty HTML attributes