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Gentoo: GLSA-201803-03 High: Go User-Assisted Code Issue

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Calendar Grey March 7, 2018
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Developers are urged to update Go to mitigate risks of unauthorized code execution stemming from a command injection vulnerability occurring during compilation tasks.
A vulnerability in Go might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands during source code build.

Summary

A command injection flaw was discovered in the source code build phase because of the "go get" command, which does not block -fplugin= and -plugin arguments.

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity command injection user-assisted execution Go

Resolution

All Go users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/go-1.9.4"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2018-6574 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6574

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201803-03
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: High
Title: Go: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
Date: March 07, 2018
Bugs: #647250
ID: 201803-03

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity command injection user-assisted execution Go

Synopsis

A vulnerability in Go might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands during source code build.

Background

Go is an open source programming language that makes it easy to build simple, reliable, and efficient software.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-lang/go < 1.9.4 >= 1.9.4

Impact

===== A remote attacker could entice a user to process a repository containing maliciously-crafted build instructions using "go get", resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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