Ubuntu Security Notice 5873-1 - It was discovered that Go Text incorrectly handled certain encodings. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. It was discovered that Go Text incorrectly handled certain BCP 47 language tags. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. CVE-2020-28851, CVE-2020-28852, and CVE-2021-38561 affected only Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5873-1
February 16, 2023
golang-golang-x-text, golang-x-text vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 22.10
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in Go Text.
Software Description:
- golang-golang-x-text: Supplementary Go text-related libraries
- golang-x-text: Supplementary Go text-related libraries
Details:
It was discovered that Go Text incorrectly handled certain encodings. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-14040)
It was discovered that Go Text incorrectly handled certain BCP 47 language
tags. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
CVE-2020-28851, CVE-2020-28852 and CVE-2021-38561 affected only
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
(CVE-2020-28851, CVE-2020-28852, CVE-2021-38561, CVE-2022-32149)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 22.10:
golang-golang-x-text-dev 0.3.7-1ubuntu0.22.10.1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
golang-golang-x-text-dev 0.3.7-1ubuntu0.20.04.1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
golang-golang-x-text-dev 0.3.2-4ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
golang-golang-x-text-dev 0.0~git20170627.0.6353ef0-1ubuntu2.1
golang-x-text-dev 0.0~git20170627.0.6353ef0-1ubuntu2.1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5873-1
CVE-2020-14040, CVE-2020-28851, CVE-2020-28852, CVE-2021-38561,
CVE-2022-32149
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/golang-golang-x-text/0.3.7-1ubuntu0.22.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/golang-golang-x-text/0.3.7-1ubuntu0.20.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/golang-golang-x-text/0.3.2-4ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/golang-x-text/0.0~git20170627.0.6353ef0-1ubuntu2.1