Important: golang

Issue Overview:

Reader.Read does not set a limit on the maximum size of file headers. A maliciously crafted archive could cause Read to allocate unbounded amounts of memory, potentially causing resource exhaustion or panics. After fix, Reader.Read limits the maximum size of header blocks to 1 MiB. (CVE-2022-2879)

No description is available for this CVE. (CVE-2022-41715)

Affected Packages:

golang

Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.

Issue Correction:
Run yum update golang to update your system.

New Packages:

aarch64:  
    golang-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64  
    golang-bin-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64  
    golang-shared-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64  
  
noarch:  
    golang-docs-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.noarch  
    golang-misc-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.noarch  
    golang-tests-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.noarch  
    golang-src-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.noarch  
  
src:  
    golang-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.src  
  
x86_64:  
    golang-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  
    golang-bin-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  
    golang-shared-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  
    golang-race-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2022-2879, CVE-2022-41715

Mitre: CVE-2022-2879, CVE-2022-41715