Medium: golang

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  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2016-5386

Mitre: CVE-2016-5386