Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting golang-src package, versions *


Severity

medium

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    1.72% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-GOLANGSRC-4410864
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 20 Jan 2021

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 golang-src.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream golang-src package and not the golang-src package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Go before 1.14.14 and 1.15.x before 1.15.7 on Windows is vulnerable to Command Injection and remote code execution when using the "go get" command to fetch modules that make use of cgo (for example, cgo can execute a gcc program from an untrusted download).

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

7.5 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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NVD

7.5 high
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SUSE

7.3 high
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Red Hat

7.5 high