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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2021-34558: Security patch for golang (ALAS-2021-1694)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2021-34558: Security patch for golang (ALAS-2021-1694)

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
07/15/2021
Created
08/07/2021
Added
08/06/2021
Modified
09/30/2022

Description

The crypto/tls package of Go through 1.16.5 does not properly assert that the type of public key in an X.509 certificate matches the expected type when doing a RSA based key exchange, allowing a malicious TLS server to cause a TLS client to panic.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-golang
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-golang-bin
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-golang-docs
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-golang-misc
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-golang-race
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-golang-src
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-golang-tests

References

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