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openSUSE 12: 2018:1807-1 Moderate: Go1.9 Command Execution Issue

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Calendar Grey June 23, 2018
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OpenSUSE Security Patch for go1.9 resolves a significant vulnerability and supplies detailed update guidance along with a list of affected packages.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description

This update for go1.9 fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

- CVE-2018-7187: arbitrary command execution via VCS path (boo#1081495)

Non-security changes:

- Update to version 1.9.7

- fixes to the go command and compiler

- minimal support to the go command for the vgo transition

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Topics Covered

security advisory command execution package fix openSUSE patch instructions

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-672=1

Package List

- SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

go-1.9.7-19.1

go-doc-1.9.7-19.1

- SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 (x86_64):

go-race-1.9.7-19.1

go1.9-1.9.7-13.2

go1.9-doc-1.9.7-13.2

go1.9-race-1.9.7-13.2

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7187.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1081495

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:1807-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12

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Topics Covered

security advisory command execution package fix openSUSE patch instructions

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