Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7081-1

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7081-1
October 23, 2024

golang-1.22 vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

– Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Go.

Software Description:
– golang-1.22: Go programming language compiler

Details:

It was discovered that the Go net/http module did not properly handle
responses to requests with an “Expect: 100-continue” header under certain
circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service. (CVE-2024-24791)

It was discovered that the Go parser module did not properly handle deeply
nested literal values. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
a panic resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2024-34155)

It was discovered that the Go encoding/gob module did not properly handle
message decoding under certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly
use this issue to cause a panic resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2024-34156)

It was discovered that the Go build module did not properly handle certain
build tag lines with deeply nested expressions. An attacker could possibly
use this issue to cause a panic resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2024-34158)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
golang-1.22 1.22.2-2ubuntu0.3
golang-1.22-go 1.22.2-2ubuntu0.3
golang-1.22-src 1.22.2-2ubuntu0.3

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
golang-1.22 1.22.2-2~22.04.2
golang-1.22-go 1.22.2-2~22.04.2
golang-1.22-src 1.22.2-2~22.04.2

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
golang-1.22 1.22.2-2~20.04.2
golang-1.22-go 1.22.2-2~20.04.2
golang-1.22-src 1.22.2-2~20.04.2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7081-1
CVE-2024-24791, CVE-2024-34155, CVE-2024-34156, CVE-2024-34158

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/golang-1.22/1.22.2-2ubuntu0.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/golang-1.22/1.22.2-2~22.04.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/golang-1.22/1.22.2-2~20.04.2