Directory Traversal Affecting golang-1.7 package, versions <1.7.4-2+deb9u3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.74% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-GOLANG17-1078706
  • published14 Dec 2018
  • disclosed14 Dec 2018

Introduced: 14 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-16874  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 golang-1.7 to version 1.7.4-2+deb9u3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream golang-1.7 package and not the golang-1.7 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Go before 1.10.6 and 1.11.x before 1.11.3, the "go get" command is vulnerable to directory traversal when executed with the import path of a malicious Go package which contains curly braces (both '{' and '}' characters). Specifically, it is only vulnerable in GOPATH mode, but not in module mode (the distinction is documented at https://golang.org/cmd/go/#hdr-Module_aware_go_get). The attacker can cause an arbitrary filesystem write, which can lead to code execution.

CVSS Scores

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