Improper Privilege Management Affecting golang-src package, versions <0:1.17.12-1.el9_0


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.22% (61st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-GOLANGSRC-5569947
  • published12 May 2022
  • disclosed11 May 2022

Introduced: 11 May 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 RHEL:9 golang-src to version 0:1.17.12-1.el9_0 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2022:5799.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream golang-src package and not the golang-src package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 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.

CVSS Scores

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