SB2017101217 - Arch Linux update for go
Published: October 12, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017101217
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Command injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15041)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.The weakness exists due to "go get" command execution. Using custom domains, a remote attacker can arrange things so that example.com/pkg1 points to a Subversion repository but example.com/pkg1/pkg2 points to a Git repository. If the Subversion repository includes a Git checkout in its pkg2 directory and some other work is done to ensure the proper ordering of operations, "go get" can be tricked into reusing this Git checkout for the fetch of code from pkg2. If the Subversion repository's Git checkout has malicious commands in .git/hooks/, they will execute on the system running "go get."
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.