QID 983507

QID 983507: Go (go) Security Update for github.com/helm/helm/v3 (GHSA-cjjc-xp8v-855w)

The Helm core maintainers have identified a high severity security vulnerability in Go's `crypto` package affecting all versions prior to Helm 2.16.8 and Helm 3.1.0. Thanks to @ravin9249 for identifying the vulnerability.

Go before 1.12.16 and 1.13.x before 1.13.7 (and the `crypto/cryptobyte` package before 0.0.0-20200124225646-8b5121be2f68 for Go) allows attacks on clients resulting in a panic via a malformed X.509 certificate. This may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.5 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as High - 7.8 severity.

Solution

A patch to compile Helm against Go 1.14.4 has been provided for Helm 2 and is available in Helm 2.16.8. Helm 3.1.0 and newer are compiled against Go 1.13.7+.Workaround:
No workaround is available. Users are urged to upgrade.

Vendor References

GHSA-cjjc-xp8v-855w - github.com/advisories/GHSA-cjjc-xp8v-855w

CVEs related to QID 983507

CVE-2020-7919 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
GHSA-cjjc-xp8v-855w	github.com/helm/helm		github.com/advisories/GHSA-cjjc-xp8v-855w
GHSA-cjjc-xp8v-855w	github.com/helm/helm/v3		github.com/advisories/GHSA-cjjc-xp8v-855w

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