Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting golang-misc package, versions <0:1.20.8-1.47.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.53% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN201803-GOLANGMISC-6147332
  • published 9 Jan 2024
  • disclosed 8 Jun 2023

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 golang-misc to version 0:1.20.8-1.47.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2023-1848.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream golang-misc package and not the golang-misc package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

The go command may execute arbitrary code at build time when using cgo. This may occur when running "go get" on a malicious module, or when running any other command which builds untrusted code. This is can by triggered by linker flags, specified via a "#cgo LDFLAGS" directive. Flags containing embedded spaces are mishandled, allowing disallowed flags to be smuggled through the LDFLAGS sanitization by including them in the argument of another flag. This only affects usage of the gccgo compiler.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

9.8 critical
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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Red Hat

7.5 high
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SUSE

9.8 critical