A go-toolset and golang security update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

RHSA-2023:3318-01: Important: go-toolset and golang security update

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Important: go-toolset and golang security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:3318-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:   https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3318
Issue date: 2023-05-25
CVE Names: CVE-2023-24540
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1. Summary:

An update for go-toolset and golang is now available for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 9.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability
from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

3. Description:

Go Toolset provides the Go programming language tools and libraries. Go is
alternatively known as golang.

The golang packages provide the Go programming language compiler.

Security Fix(es):

* golang: html/template: improper handling of JavaScript whitespace
(CVE-2023-24540)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.

4. Solution:

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:

  https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

5. Bugs fixed (  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

2196027 - CVE-2023-24540 golang: html/template: improper handling of JavaScript whitespace

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9):

Source:
go-toolset-1.19.9-1.el9_2.src.rpm
golang-1.19.9-2.el9_2.src.rpm

aarch64:
go-toolset-1.19.9-1.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
golang-1.19.9-2.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
golang-bin-1.19.9-2.el9_2.aarch64.rpm

noarch:
golang-docs-1.19.9-2.el9_2.noarch.rpm
golang-misc-1.19.9-2.el9_2.noarch.rpm
golang-src-1.19.9-2.el9_2.noarch.rpm
golang-tests-1.19.9-2.el9_2.noarch.rpm

ppc64le:
go-toolset-1.19.9-1.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
golang-1.19.9-2.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
golang-bin-1.19.9-2.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm

s390x:
go-toolset-1.19.9-1.el9_2.s390x.rpm
golang-1.19.9-2.el9_2.s390x.rpm
golang-bin-1.19.9-2.el9_2.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
go-toolset-1.19.9-1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
golang-1.19.9-2.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
golang-bin-1.19.9-2.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
golang-race-1.19.9-2.el9_2.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
  https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/

7. References:

  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-24540
  https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at   https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

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