Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2022-1887
Advisory Release Date: 2022-12-01 20:31 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2022-12-06 22:41 Pacific
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
Reader.Read does not set a limit on the maximum size of file headers. A maliciously crafted archive could cause Read to allocate unbounded amounts of memory, potentially causing resource exhaustion or panics. After fix, Reader.Read limits the maximum size of header blocks to 1 MiB. (CVE-2022-2879)
No description is available for this CVE. (CVE-2022-41715)
Affected Packages:
golang
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update golang to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
golang-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
golang-bin-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
golang-shared-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
noarch:
golang-docs-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.noarch
golang-misc-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.noarch
golang-tests-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.noarch
golang-src-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.noarch
src:
golang-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.src
x86_64:
golang-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
golang-bin-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
golang-shared-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
golang-race-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64