Improper Privilege Management Affecting golang-tests package, versions <0:1.18.6-1.42.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.24% (65th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-GOLANGTESTS-3029944
  • published22 Sept 2022
  • disclosed23 Jun 2022

Introduced: 23 Jun 2022

CVE-2022-29526  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-269  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-280  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 golang-tests to version 0:1.18.6-1.42.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2022-1635.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream golang-tests package and not the golang-tests package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

Go before 1.17.10 and 1.18.x before 1.18.2 has Incorrect Privilege Assignment. When called with a non-zero flags parameter, the Faccessat function could incorrectly report that a file is accessible.

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