Debian DLA-2592-1 : golang-1.8 security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 147800

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the Go programming language. An attacker could trigger a denial of service (DoS), bypasss access control, and execute arbitrary code on the developer's computer.

CVE-2017-15041

Go allows 'go get' remote command execution. Using custom domains, it is possible to 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.'

CVE-2018-16873

The 'go get' command is vulnerable to remote code execution when executed with the -u flag and the import path of a malicious Go package, as it may treat the parent directory as a Git repository root, containing malicious configuration.

CVE-2018-16874

The 'go get' command is vulnerable to directory traversal when executed with the import path of a malicious Go package which contains curly braces (both '{' and '}' characters). The attacker can cause an arbitrary filesystem write, which can lead to code execution.

CVE-2019-9741

In net/http, CRLF injection is possible if the attacker controls a url parameter, as demonstrated by the second argument to http.NewRequest with \r\n followed by an HTTP header or a Redis command.

CVE-2019-16276

Go allows HTTP Request Smuggling.

CVE-2019-17596

Go can panic upon an attempt to process network traffic containing an invalid DSA public key. There are several attack scenarios, such as traffic from a client to a server that verifies client certificates.

CVE-2021-3114

crypto/elliptic/p224.go can generate incorrect outputs, related to an underflow of the lowest limb during the final complete reduction in the P-224 field.

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 1.8.1-1+deb9u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your golang-1.8 packages.

For the detailed security status of golang-1.8 please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/golang-1.8

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 147800

File Name: debian_DLA-2592.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 3/15/2021

Updated: 1/12/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-15041

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:golang-1.8, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:golang-1.8-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:golang-1.8-go, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:golang-1.8-src, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/13/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/5/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-15041, CVE-2018-16873, CVE-2018-16874, CVE-2019-16276, CVE-2019-17596, CVE-2019-9741, CVE-2021-3114

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