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Red Hat: CVE-2021-44717: don't close fd 0 on ForkExec error (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2021-44717: don't close fd 0 on ForkExec error (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
12/15/2021
Created
12/17/2021
Added
12/16/2021
Modified
12/15/2023

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.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-delve
  • redhat-upgrade-delve-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-delve-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-go-toolset
  • redhat-upgrade-golang
  • redhat-upgrade-golang-bin
  • redhat-upgrade-golang-docs
  • redhat-upgrade-golang-misc
  • redhat-upgrade-golang-race
  • redhat-upgrade-golang-src
  • redhat-upgrade-golang-tests

References

  • CVE-2021-44717
  • RHSA-2021:5160

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