openSUSE Security Update : go1.9 (openSUSE-2018-672)

High Nessus Plugin ID 110681

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for go1.9 fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

 - CVE-2018-7187: arbitrary command execution via VCS path (boo#1081495)

Non-security changes :

 - Update to version 1.9.7

 - fixes to the go command and compiler

 - minimal support to the go command for the vgo transition

Solution

Update the affected go1.9 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1081495

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 110681

File Name: openSUSE-2018-672.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2018/06/25

Modified: 2018/06/25

Dependencies: 12634

Risk Information

Risk Factor: High

CVSSv2

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSSv3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:go, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:go-race, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:go1.9, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:go1.9-race, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.0, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 2018/06/23

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-7187