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Posted on 25 May 2023
RedHat===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: go-toolset and golang security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:3318-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3318
Issue date: 2023-05-25
CVE Names: CVE-2023-24540
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1. Summary:
An update for go-toolset and golang is now available for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 9.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability
from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
3. Description:
Go Toolset provides the Go programming language tools and libraries. Go is
alternatively known as golang.
The golang packages provide the Go programming language compiler.
Security Fix(es):
* golang: html/template: improper handling of JavaScript whitespace
(CVE-2023-24540)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.
4. Solution:
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
2196027 - CVE-2023-24540 golang: html/template: improper handling of JavaScript whitespace
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9):
Source:
go-toolset-1.19.9-1.el9_2.src.rpm
golang-1.19.9-2.el9_2.src.rpm
aarch64:
go-toolset-1.19.9-1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
golang-1.19.9-2.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
golang-bin-1.19.9-2.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
noarch:
golang-docs-1.19.9-2.el9_2.noarch.rpm
golang-misc-1.19.9-2.el9_2.noarch.rpm
golang-src-1.19.9-2.el9_2.noarch.rpm
golang-tests-1.19.9-2.el9_2.noarch.rpm
ppc64le:
go-toolset-1.19.9-1.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
golang-1.19.9-2.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
golang-bin-1.19.9-2.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
go-toolset-1.19.9-1.el9_2.s390x.rpm
golang-1.19.9-2.el9_2.s390x.rpm
golang-bin-1.19.9-2.el9_2.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
go-toolset-1.19.9-1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
golang-1.19.9-2.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
golang-bin-1.19.9-2.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
golang-race-1.19.9-2.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-24540
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2023 Red Hat, Inc.
