Summary
Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-29405: The go command may execute arbitrary code at build time when using cgo. This may occur when running "go get" on a malicious module, or when running any other command which builds untrusted code. This is can by triggered by linker flags, specified via a "#cgo LDFLAGS" directive. Flags containing embedded spaces are mishandled, allowing disallowed flags to be smuggled through the LDFLAGS sanitization by including them in the argument of another flag. This only affects usage of the gccgo compiler. CVE-2023-29404: The go command may execute arbitrary code at build time when using cgo. This may occur when running "go get" on a malicious module, or when running any other command which builds untrusted code. This is can by triggered by linker flags, specified via a "#cgo LDFLAGS" directive. The arguments for a number of flags which are non-optional are incorrectly considered optional, allowing disallowed flags to be smuggled through the LDFLAGS sanitization. This affects usage of both the gc and gccgo compilers. CVE-2023-29403: On Unix platforms, the Go runtime does not behave differently when a binary is run with the setuid/setgid bits. This can be dangerous in certain cases, such as when dumping memory state, or assuming the status of standard i/o file descriptors. If a setuid/setgid binary is executed with standard I/O file descriptors closed, opening any files can result in unexpected content being read or written with elevated privileges. Similarly, if a setuid/setgid program is terminated, either via panic or signal, it may leak the contents of its registers. CVE-2023-29400: html/template: improper handling of empty HTML attributes. Templates containing actions in unquoted HTML attributes (e.g. "attr={{.}}") executed with empty input could result in output that would have unexpected results when parsed due to HTML normalization rules. This may allow injection of arbitrary attributes into tags. CVE-2023-24540: html/template: improper handling of JavaScript whitespace. Not all valid JavaScript whitespace characters were considered to be whitespace. Templates containing whitespace characters outside of the character set "\t\n\f\r\u0020\u2028\u2029" in JavaScript contexts that also contain actions may not be properly sanitized during execution. CVE-2023-24538: Templates did not properly consider backticks (`) as Javascript string delimiters, and as such did not escape them as expected. Backticks are used, since ES6, for JS template literals. If a template contained a Go template action within a Javascript template literal, the contents of the action could be used to terminate the literal, injecting arbitrary Javascript code into the Go template. CVE-2023-24536: Multipart form parsing can consume large amounts of CPU and memory when processing form inputs containing very large numbers of parts. This stems from several causes: 1. mime/multipart.Reader.ReadForm limits the total memory a parsed multipart form can consume. ReadForm can undercount the amount of memory consumed, leading it to accept larger inputs than intended. 2. Limiting total memory does not account for increased pressure on the garbage collector from large numbers of small allocations in forms with many parts. 3. ReadForm can allocate a large number of short-lived buffers, further increasing pressure on the garbage collector. The combination of these factors can permit an attacker to cause an program that parses multipart forms to consume large amounts of CPU and memory, potentially resulting in a denial of service. This affects programs that use mime/multipart.Reader.ReadForm, as well as form parsing in the net/http package with the Request methods FormFile, FormValue, ParseMultipartForm, and PostFormValue. With fix, ReadForm now does a better job of estimating the memory consumption of parsed forms, and performs many fewer short-lived allocations. In addition, the fixed mime/multipart.Reader imposes the following limits on the size of parsed forms: 1. Forms parsed with ReadForm may contain no more than 1000 parts. This limit may be adjusted with the environment variable GODEBUG=multipartmaxparts=. 2. Form parts parsed with NextPart and NextRawPart may contain no more than 10,000 header fields. In addition, forms parsed with ReadForm may contain no more than 10,000 header fields across all parts. This limit may be adjusted with the environment variable GODEBUG=multipartmaxheaders=. CVE-2023-24532: The ScalarMult and ScalarBaseMult methods of the P256 Curve may return an incorrect result if called with some specific unreduced scalars (a scalar larger than the order of the curve). This does not impact usages of crypto/ecdsa or crypto/ecdh. CVE-2022-41725: Golang: net/http, mime/multipart: denial of service from excessive resource consumption (https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/V0aBFqaFs_E) CVE-2022-41724: RESERVED NOTE: https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/V0aBFqaFs_E
Fixed packages 7
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux · 2 | golang | 0:1.20.5-1.amzn2.0.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | golang-bin | 0:1.20.5-1.amzn2.0.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | golang-docs | 0:1.20.5-1.amzn2.0.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | golang-misc | 0:1.20.5-1.amzn2.0.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | golang-shared | 0:1.20.5-1.amzn2.0.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | golang-src | 0:1.20.5-1.amzn2.0.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | golang-tests | 0:1.20.5-1.amzn2.0.2 |
Vulnerabilities 10
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Critical 9.8CVE-2023-24538 Public exploit
Backticks not treated as string delimiters in html/template
Templates do not properly consider backticks (`) as Javascript string delimiters, and do not escape them as expected. Backticks are used, since ES6, for JS template literals. If a template contains a Go template action within a Javascript template literal, th…
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Critical 9.8
Improper handling of JavaScript whitespace in html/template
Not all valid JavaScript whitespace characters are considered to be whitespace. Templates containing whitespace characters outside of the character set "\t\n\f\r\u0020\u2028\u2029" in JavaScript contexts that also contain actions may not be properly sanitized…
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Critical 9.8
Improper handling of non-optional LDFLAGS in go command with cgo in cmd/go
The go command may execute arbitrary code at build time when using cgo. This may occur when running "go get" on a malicious module, or when running any other command which builds untrusted code. This is can by triggered by linker flags, specified via a "#cgo …
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Critical 9.8
Improper sanitization of LDFLAGS with embedded spaces in go command with cgo in cmd/go
The go command may execute arbitrary code at build time when using cgo. This may occur when running "go get" on a malicious module, or when running any other command which builds untrusted code. This is can by triggered by linker flags, specified via a "#cgo …
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High 7.8
Unsafe behavior in setuid/setgid binaries in runtime
On Unix platforms, the Go runtime does not behave differently when a binary is run with the setuid/setgid bits. This can be dangerous in certain cases, such as when dumping memory state, or assuming the status of standard i/o file descriptors. If a setuid/set…
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High 7.5
Excessive resource consumption in net/http, net/textproto and mime/multipart
Multipart form parsing can consume large amounts of CPU and memory when processing form inputs containing very large numbers of parts. This stems from several causes: 1. mime/multipart.Reader.ReadForm limits the total memory a parsed multipart form can consum…
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High 7.3
Improper handling of empty HTML attributes in html/template
Templates containing actions in unquoted HTML attributes (e.g. "attr={{.}}") executed with empty input can result in output with unexpected results when parsed due to HTML normalization rules. This may allow injection of arbitrary attributes into tags.
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Unscored —
Panic on large handshake records in crypto/tls
Large handshake records may cause panics in crypto/tls. Both clients and servers may send large TLS handshake records which cause servers and clients, respectively, to panic when attempting to construct responses. This affects all TLS 1.3 clients, TLS 1.2 cli…
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Unscored —
Excessive resource consumption in mime/multipart
A denial of service is possible from excessive resource consumption in net/http and mime/multipart. Multipart form parsing with mime/multipart.Reader.ReadForm can consume largely unlimited amounts of memory and disk files. This also affects form parsing in th…
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Unscored —
Incorrect calculation on P256 curves in crypto/internal/nistec
The ScalarMult and ScalarBaseMult methods of the P256 Curve may return an incorrect result if called with some specific unreduced scalars (a scalar larger than the order of the curve). This does not impact usages of crypto/ecdsa or crypto/ecdh.
References
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https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-41724.html
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https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-41725.html
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https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-24532.html
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https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-24536.html
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https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-24538.html
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https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-24540.html
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https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-29400.html
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https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-29403.html
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https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-29404.html
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https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-29405.html