CVE-2018-16873
Published: 14 December 2018
In Go before 1.10.6 and 1.11.x before 1.11.3, the "go get" command is vulnerable to remote code execution when executed with the -u flag and the import path of a malicious Go package, or a package that imports it directly or indirectly. 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). Using custom domains, it's possible to arrange things so that a Git repository is cloned to a folder named ".git" by using a vanity import path that ends with "/.git". If the Git repository root contains a "HEAD" file, a "config" file, an "objects" directory, a "refs" directory, with some work to ensure the proper ordering of operations, "go get -u" can be tricked into considering the parent directory as a repository root, and running Git commands on it. That will use the "config" file in the original Git repository root for its configuration, and if that config file contains malicious commands, they will execute on the system running "go get -u".
CVSS 3 base score: 8.1
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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golang Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Needs triage
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Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) |
Does not exist
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Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) |
Does not exist
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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) |
Does not exist
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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Does not exist
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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) |
Does not exist
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Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
(trusty was needs-triage)
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golang-1.10 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(1.10.6-1)
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Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) |
Does not exist
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Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) |
Does not exist
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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) |
Does not exist
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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Needed
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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) |
Needed
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Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Needed
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Patches: Upstream: https://github.com/golang/go/commit/90d609ba6156299642d08afc06d85ab770a03972 (1.10.6) Upstream: https://github.com/golang/go/commit/7ef6ee2c5727f0d11206b4d1866c18e6ab4785be (1.10.6) |
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golang-1.11 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(1.11.3-1)
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Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) |
Does not exist
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Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) |
Does not exist
|
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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) |
Does not exist
|
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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Does not exist
|
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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) |
Does not exist
|
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Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
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Patches: Upstream: https://github.com/golang/go/commit/8954addb3294a5e664a9833354bafa58f163fe8f (1.11.3) Upstream: https://github.com/golang/go/commit/5aedc8af94c0a8ffc58cbd09993192dea9b238db (1.11.3) |
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golang-1.6 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Needs triage
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Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) |
Does not exist
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Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) |
Does not exist
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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) |
Does not exist
|
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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Does not exist
|
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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) |
Needs triage
|
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Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
(trusty was needs-triage)
|
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golang-1.8 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Needs triage
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Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) |
Does not exist
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Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) |
Does not exist
|
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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) |
Does not exist
|
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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Needs triage
|
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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) |
Does not exist
|
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Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
|
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golang-1.9 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Needs triage
|
Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) |
Does not exist
|
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Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) |
Does not exist
|
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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) |
Does not exist
|
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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Needs triage
|
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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) |
Does not exist
|
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Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
|
Notes
Author | Note |
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mdeslaur | Packages built using golang need to be rebuilt once the vulnerability has been fixed. This CVE entry does not list packages that need rebuilding outside of the main repository or the Ubuntu variants with PPA overlays. |
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16873
- https://groups.google.com/forum/?pli=1#!topic/golang-announce/Kw31K8G7Fi0
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian