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CVE-2019-11888

Published: 13 May 2019

Go through 1.12.5 on Windows mishandles process creation with a nil environment in conjunction with a non-nil token, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information or gain privileges.

Notes

AuthorNote
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.
seth-arnold
This appears to be Windows-specific; marking all as not-affected

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
golang
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Not vulnerable

xenial Does not exist

golang-1.10
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable

cosmic Not vulnerable

disco Not vulnerable

trusty Not vulnerable

upstream Not vulnerable

xenial Not vulnerable

golang-1.11
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Not vulnerable

trusty Does not exist

upstream Not vulnerable

xenial Does not exist

golang-1.12
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Not vulnerable

trusty Does not exist

upstream Not vulnerable

xenial Does not exist

golang-1.6
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Not vulnerable

xenial Not vulnerable

golang-1.7
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

cosmic Not vulnerable

disco Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Not vulnerable

xenial Does not exist

golang-1.8
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable

cosmic Not vulnerable

disco Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Not vulnerable

xenial Does not exist

golang-1.9
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable

cosmic Not vulnerable

disco Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Not vulnerable

xenial Does not exist

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H