x/vulndb: potential Go vuln in github.com/multiversx/mx-chain-go: CVE-2023-33964

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CVE-2023-33964 references github.com/multiversx/mx-chain-go, which may be a Go module.

Description:
mx-chain-go is an implementation of the MultiversX blockchain protocol written in the Go language. Metachain cannot process a cross-shard miniblock. Prior to version 1.4.16, an invalid transaction with the wrong username on metachain is not treated correctly on the metachain transaction processor. This is strictly a processing issue that could have happened on MultiversX chain. If an error like this had occurred, the metachain would have stopped notarizing blocks from the shard chains. The resuming of notarization is possible only after applying a patched binary version. A patch in version 1.4.16 introduces processIfTxErrorCrossShard for the metachain transaction processor. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

References:

• NIST: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-33964
• JSON: https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelist/tree/3a118043b6e7ba1eb62725c723638fa09351b016/2023/33xxx/CVE-2023-33964.json
• advisory: GHSA-7xpv-4pm9-xch2
• fix: multiversx/mx-chain-go@9729547
• Imported by: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/multiversx/mx-chain-go?tab=importedby

Cross references:
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modules:
  - module: github.com/multiversx/mx-chain-go
    packages:
      - package: mx-chain-go
description: |+
    mx-chain-go is an implementation of the MultiversX blockchain protocol written in the Go language. Metachain cannot process a cross-shard miniblock. Prior to version 1.4.16, an invalid transaction with the wrong username on metachain is not treated correctly on the metachain transaction processor. This is strictly a processing issue that could have happened on MultiversX chain. If an error like this had occurred, the metachain would have stopped notarizing blocks from the shard chains. The resuming of notarization is possible only after applying a patched binary version. A patch in version 1.4.16 introduces `processIfTxErrorCrossShard` for the metachain transaction processor. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

cves:
  - CVE-2023-33964
references:
  - advisory: https://github.com/multiversx/mx-chain-go/security/advisories/GHSA-7xpv-4pm9-xch2
  - fix: https://github.com/multiversx/mx-chain-go/commit/97295471465f4b5f79e51b32f8b7111f8d921606

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Change https://go.dev/cl/501842 mentions this issue: data/excluded: batch add 15 excluded reports

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Change https://go.dev/cl/592761 mentions this issue: data/reports: unexclude 75 reports

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Change https://go.dev/cl/606786 mentions this issue: data/reports: unexclude 20 reports (6)