A go1.16 security update has been released for openSUSE Leap 15.2.

openSUSE-SU-2021:1626-1: moderate: Security update for go1.16

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for go1.16
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:1626-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1182345 #1193597 #1193598
Cross-References: CVE-2021-44716 CVE-2021-44717
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.2
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An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one
errata is now available.

Description:

This update for go1.16 fixes the following issues:

Updated to upstream version 1.16.12 to include security fixes to the
compiler, syscall, runtime, the net/http, net/http/httptest, and time
packages (bsc#1182345)

- CVE-2021-44717: syscall: don't close fd 0 on ForkExec error
(bsc#1193598).
- CVE-2021-44716: net/http: limit growth of header canonicalization cache
(bsc#1193597).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-1626=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (x86_64):

go1.16-1.16.12-lp152.20.1
go1.16-doc-1.16.12-lp152.20.1
go1.16-race-1.16.12-lp152.20.1

References:

  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-44716.html
  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-44717.html
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1182345
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1193597
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1193598