Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting golang-1.8 package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.04% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-GOLANG18-1040410
  • published15 Nov 2020
  • disclosed18 Nov 2020

Introduced: 15 Nov 2020

CVE-2020-28366  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:9 golang-1.8.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream golang-1.8 package and not the golang-1.8 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Code injection in the go command with cgo before Go 1.14.12 and Go 1.15.5 allows arbitrary code execution at build time via a malicious unquoted symbol name in a linked object file.

CVSS Scores

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