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GLSA-201812-09 : Go: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 119852

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201812-09 (Go: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Go. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could cause arbitrary code execution by passing specially crafted Go packages the ‘go get -u’ command.
 The remote attacker could also craft pathological inputs causing a CPU based Denial of Service condition via the crypto/x509 package.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Go users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-lang/go-1.10.7'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-09

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 119852

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201812-09.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 12/24/2018

Updated: 3/25/2020

Supported Sensors: 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: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:go, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/21/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/14/2018

Reference Information

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

GLSA: 201812-09