openSUSE Security Update : go1.11 (openSUSE-2018-1572)

high Nessus Plugin ID 119804

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This new package for go1.11 fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed :

- CVE-2018-16873: Fixed a remote code execution in go get, when executed with the -u flag (bsc#1118897)

- CVE-2018-16874: Fixed an arbitrary filesystem write in go get, which could lead to code execution (bsc#1118898)

- CVE-2018-16875: Fixed a Denial of Service in the crypto/x509 package during certificate chain validation(bsc#1118899)

Non-security issues fixed :

- Fixed build error with PIE linker flags on ppc64le (bsc#1113978 bsc#1098017)

- Make profile.d/go.sh no longer set GOROOT=, in order to make switching between versions no longer break. This ends up removing the need for go.sh entirely (because GOPATH is also set automatically) (bsc#1119634) The following tracked regression fix is included :

- Fix a regression that broke go get for import path patterns containing '...' (bsc#1119706)

Solution

Update the affected go1.11 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1098017

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1113978

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1118897

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1118898

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1118899

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1119634

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1119706

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 119804

File Name: openSUSE-2018-1572.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/20/2018

Updated: 7/15/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16874

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:go1.11-race, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:go1.11, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/19/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/14/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16873, CVE-2018-16874, CVE-2018-16875