Information Exposure Affecting golang-misc package, versions <0:1.16.15-1.amzn2.0.1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.22% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-GOLANGMISC-2805245
  • published28 Apr 2022
  • disclosed1 Jan 2022

Introduced: 1 Jan 2022

CVE-2021-44717  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 golang-misc to version 0:1.16.15-1.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2022-1776.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream golang-misc package and not the golang-misc package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

Go before 1.16.12 and 1.17.x before 1.17.5 on UNIX allows write operations to an unintended file or unintended network connection as a consequence of erroneous closing of file descriptor 0 after file-descriptor exhaustion.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1