CVE-2018-17075

Publication date 16 September 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

The html package (aka x/net/html) before 2018-07-13 in Go mishandles "in frameset" insertion mode, leading to a "panic: runtime error" for html.Parse of <template><object>, <template><applet>, or <template><marquee>. This is related to HTMLTreeBuilder.cpp in WebKit.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
golang-go.net-dev 18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
golang-golang-x-net-dev 18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Notes

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. introduced by https://github.com/golang/net/commit/500e7a4f953ddaf55d316b4d3adc516aa0379622

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
golang-golang-x-net-dev

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H