Information disclosure in Go programming language - CVE-2024-45340

 

Information disclosure in Go programming language - CVE-2024-45340

Published: January 30, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU103456
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4 BT: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-45340
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect segmentation of credentials by domain names in the GOAUTH feature. A remote attacker can trick the client into connecting to a malicious server and obtain credentials stored in the users .netrc file.


Affected software

Go programming language
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Development Tools Module
openSUSE Leap
go1.24-race
go1.24
go1.24-doc

How to mitigate CVE-2024-45340

Install updates from vendor's website.

Go programming language - update to 1.24 rc2
go1.24-race - update to 1.24 rc2-150000.1.3.1
go1.24 - update to 1.24 rc2-150000.1.3.1
go1.24-doc - update to 1.24 rc2-150000.1.3.1

External References

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