Medium: golang

Issue Overview:

Calling any of the Parse functions on Go source code which contains //line directives with very large line numbers can cause an infinite loop due to integer overflow. (CVE-2023-24537)

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-1.18.9-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64  
    golang-bin-1.18.9-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64  
    golang-shared-1.18.9-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64  
  
noarch:  
    golang-docs-1.18.9-1.amzn2.0.3.noarch  
    golang-misc-1.18.9-1.amzn2.0.3.noarch  
    golang-tests-1.18.9-1.amzn2.0.3.noarch  
    golang-src-1.18.9-1.amzn2.0.3.noarch  
  
src:  
    golang-1.18.9-1.amzn2.0.3.src  
  
x86_64:  
    golang-1.18.9-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64  
    golang-bin-1.18.9-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64  
    golang-shared-1.18.9-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64  
    golang-race-1.18.9-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2023-24537

Mitre: CVE-2023-24537