CVE-2018-16874

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-16874
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-12-14 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:53:00 UTC
DescriptionIn Go before 1.10.6 and 1.11.x before 1.11.3, the "go get" command is vulnerable to directory traversal when executed with the import path of a malicious Go package which contains curly braces (both '{' and '}' characters). Specifically, it is only vulnerable in GOPATH mode, but not in module mode (the distinction is documented at https://golang.org/cmd/go/#hdr-Module_aware_go_get). The attacker can cause an arbitrary filesystem write, which can lead to code execution.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Golang Go All All All All
Application Golang Go All All All All
Application Opensuse Backports Sle 15.0 - All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.3 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.3 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 - All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1444-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2591-1] golang-1.7 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0554-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Google Groups groups.google.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 2592-1] golang-1.8 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Google Groups MISC groups.google.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1079-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1499-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1506-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1703-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
1657564 – (CVE-2018-16874) CVE-2018-16874 golang: "go get" vulnerable to directory traversal via malicious package CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Go: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201812-09) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
Golang Go CVE-2018-16874 Directory Traversal Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 174971 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for containerd, docker, runc (SUSE-SU-2021:1458-1)
  • 296075 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 21.69.0 Missing (CPUAPR2020)
  • 710317 Gentoo Linux Go Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201812-09)
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