Security Bulletin: Upgrade to IBP v2.5.1 to address recent concerns/issues with Golang versions other than 1.14.7

Summary

There were several security problems found with various/other releases of Golang. We have moved the Golang provided in IBP components and also the Golang used to compile Go-based components in IBP to version 1.14.7.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-15586
**DESCRIPTION:**Golang Go is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a data race in some net/http servers. By sending specially-crafted HTTP requests, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/185446 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2020-14039
**DESCRIPTION:**Go could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper validation on the VerifyOptions.KeyUsages EKU requirements during the X.509 certificate verification. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain access to the system.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/185443 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2020-7919
**DESCRIPTION:**Go is vulnerable to a denial of service. By sending a malformed X.509 certificate, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a system panic.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/178227 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2020-24553
**DESCRIPTION:**Golang Go is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the CGI/FCGI handlers. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious script into a Web page which would be executed in a victim’s Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the page is viewed. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim’s cookie-based authentication credentials.
CVSS Base score: 7.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/187776 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2020-16845
**DESCRIPTION:**Go Language is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an infinite read loop in ReadUvarint and ReadVarint in encoding/binary. By sending a specially-crafted input, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/186375 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Remediation is to move to latest version of IBP (2.5.1).

Workarounds and Mitigations

None