Go Toolset provides the Go programming language tools and libraries. Go is alternatively known as golang.
The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: golang (1.16.7). (BZ#1938071)
Security Fix(es):
golang: net: lookup functions may return invalid host names (CVE-2021-33195)
golang: net/http/httputil: ReverseProxy forwards connection headers if first one is empty (CVE-2021-33197)
golang: math/big.Rat: may cause a panic or an unrecoverable fatal error if passed inputs with very large exponents (CVE-2021-33198)
golang: net/http/httputil: panic due to racy read of persistConn after handler panic (CVE-2021-36221)
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.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky Linux 8.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.