Information Exposure Affecting go-toolset:rhel8/golang-tests package, versions <0:1.16.12-1.module+el8.5.0+13637+960c7771


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.52% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-GOTOOLSET-4182274
  • published10 Dec 2021
  • disclosed9 Dec 2021

Introduced: 9 Dec 2021

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

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 go-toolset:rhel8/golang-tests to version 0:1.16.12-1.module+el8.5.0+13637+960c7771 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:5160.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream go-toolset:rhel8/golang-tests package and not the go-toolset:rhel8/golang-tests package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 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 Scores

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