Go: Multiple Vulnerabilities — GLSA 202208-02

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Go, the worst of which could result in remote code execution.

Affected packages

dev-lang/go on all architectures
Affected versions < 1.18.5
Unaffected versions >= 1.18.5

Background

Go is an open source programming language that makes it easy to build simple, reliable, and efficient software.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Go. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Go users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/go-1.18.5"
 

In addition, users using Portage 3.0.9 or later should ensure that packages with Go binaries have no vulnerable code statically linked into their binaries by rebuilding the @golang-rebuild set:

 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose @golang-rebuild
 

References

Release date
August 04, 2022

Latest revision
August 04, 2022: 1

Severity
high

Exploitable
remote

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