AmazonALAS-2016-687Medium: golang
7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.027 Low
EPSS
Percentile
90.4%
Issue Overview:
An infinite loop in several big integer routines was discovered that makes Go programs vulnerable to remote denial of service attacks. Programs using HTTPS client authentication or the Go ssh server libraries are both exposed to this vulnerability.
Affected Packages:
golang
Issue Correction:
Run yum update golang to update your system.
New Packages:
i686:
golang-1.5.3-1.21.amzn1.i686
golang-bin-1.5.3-1.21.amzn1.i686
noarch:
golang-src-1.5.3-1.21.amzn1.noarch
golang-tests-1.5.3-1.21.amzn1.noarch
golang-misc-1.5.3-1.21.amzn1.noarch
golang-docs-1.5.3-1.21.amzn1.noarch
src:
golang-1.5.3-1.21.amzn1.src
x86_64:
golang-bin-1.5.3-1.21.amzn1.x86_64
golang-1.5.3-1.21.amzn1.x86_64
Additional References
Red Hat: CVE-2016-3959
Mitre: CVE-2016-3959
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | 1 | i686 | golang | < 1.5.3-1.21.amzn1 | golang-1.5.3-1.21.amzn1.i686.rpm |
| Amazon Linux | 1 | i686 | golang-bin | < 1.5.3-1.21.amzn1 | golang-bin-1.5.3-1.21.amzn1.i686.rpm |
| Amazon Linux | 1 | noarch | golang-src | < 1.5.3-1.21.amzn1 | golang-src-1.5.3-1.21.amzn1.noarch.rpm |
| Amazon Linux | 1 | noarch | golang-tests | < 1.5.3-1.21.amzn1 | golang-tests-1.5.3-1.21.amzn1.noarch.rpm |
| Amazon Linux | 1 | noarch | golang-misc | < 1.5.3-1.21.amzn1 | golang-misc-1.5.3-1.21.amzn1.noarch.rpm |
| Amazon Linux | 1 | noarch | golang-docs | < 1.5.3-1.21.amzn1 | golang-docs-1.5.3-1.21.amzn1.noarch.rpm |
| Amazon Linux | 1 | x86_64 | golang-bin | < 1.5.3-1.21.amzn1 | golang-bin-1.5.3-1.21.amzn1.x86_64.rpm |
| Amazon Linux | 1 | x86_64 | golang | < 1.5.3-1.21.amzn1 | golang-1.5.3-1.21.amzn1.x86_64.rpm |
Related
7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.027 Low
EPSS
Percentile
90.4%