vulnerability
Oracle Linux: CVE-2021-44717: ELSA-2021-5160: go-toolset:ol8 security and bug fix update (IMPORTANT)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N) | Dec 9, 2021 | Dec 17, 2021 | Dec 3, 2025 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Dec 9, 2021
Added
Dec 17, 2021
Modified
Dec 3, 2025
Description
Go before 1.16.12 and 1.17.x before 1.17.5 on UNIX allows write operations to an unintended file or unintended network connection as a consequence of erroneous closing of file descriptor 0 after file-descriptor exhaustion.
There's a flaw in golang's syscall.ForkExec() interface. An attacker who manages to first cause a file descriptor exhaustion for the process, then cause syscall.ForkExec() to be called repeatedly, could compromise data integrity and/or confidentiality in a somewhat uncontrolled way in programs linked with and using syscall.ForkExec().
There's a flaw in golang's syscall.ForkExec() interface. An attacker who manages to first cause a file descriptor exhaustion for the process, then cause syscall.ForkExec() to be called repeatedly, could compromise data integrity and/or confidentiality in a somewhat uncontrolled way in programs linked with and using syscall.ForkExec().
Solutions
oracle-linux-upgrade-delveoracle-linux-upgrade-golangoracle-linux-upgrade-golang-binoracle-linux-upgrade-golang-docsoracle-linux-upgrade-golang-miscoracle-linux-upgrade-golang-raceoracle-linux-upgrade-golang-srcoracle-linux-upgrade-golang-testsoracle-linux-upgrade-go-toolset
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