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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2021-38297: Security patch for golang (ALAS-2022-1583)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2021-38297: Security patch for golang (ALAS-2022-1583)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/18/2021
Created
05/03/2022
Added
04/29/2022
Modified
04/29/2022

Description

Go before 1.16.9 and 1.17.x before 1.17.2 has a Buffer Overflow via large arguments in a function invocation from a WASM module, when GOARCH=wasm GOOS=js is used.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-golang

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