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High 1 exploited CVE ALSA-2023:5738 3 CVEs

Important: go-toolset and golang security and bug fix update

Published Oct 16, 2023 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

Go Toolset provides the Go programming language tools and libraries. Go is alternatively known as golang.

The golang packages provide the Go programming language compiler.

Security Fix(es):

* golang: net/http, x/net/http2: rapid stream resets can cause excessive work [CVE-2023-44487] (CVE-2023-39325)
* HTTP/2: Multiple HTTP/2 enabled web servers are vulnerable to a DDoS attack (Rapid Reset Attack) (CVE-2023-44487)
* golang: crypto/tls: slow verification of certificate chains containing large RSA keys (CVE-2023-29409)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Bug Fix(es):

* Midstream dist-git patches (BZ#2223637)

Fixed packages 8

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 9 go-toolset 1.19.13-1.el9_2
AlmaLinux · 9 golang 1.19.13-1.el9_2
AlmaLinux · 9 golang-bin 1.19.13-1.el9_2
AlmaLinux · 9 golang-docs 1.19.13-1.el9_2
AlmaLinux · 9 golang-misc 1.19.13-1.el9_2
AlmaLinux · 9 golang-race 1.19.13-1.el9_2
AlmaLinux · 9 golang-src 1.19.13-1.el9_2
AlmaLinux · 9 golang-tests 1.19.13-1.el9_2

Vulnerabilities 3

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-29409
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-39325
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-44487
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2228743
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2242803
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2243296
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-5738.html