UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16873

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16873
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16873.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16873
Related
Published
2018-12-14T14:29:00Z
Modified
2024-10-15T14:06:34Z
Severity
  • 8.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 8.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

In Go before 1.10.6 and 1.11.x before 1.11.3, 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, or a package that imports it directly or indirectly. Specifically, it is only vulnerable in GOPATH mode, but not in module mode (the distinction is documented at https://golang.org/cmd/go/#hdr-Moduleawarego_get). Using custom domains, it's possible to arrange things so that a Git repository is cloned to a folder named ".git" by using a vanity import path that ends with "/.git". If the Git repository root contains a "HEAD" file, a "config" file, an "objects" directory, a "refs" directory, with some work to ensure the proper ordering of operations, "go get -u" can be tricked into considering the parent directory as a repository root, and running Git commands on it. That will use the "config" file in the original Git repository root for its configuration, and if that config file contains malicious commands, they will execute on the system running "go get -u".

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / golang-1.10

Package

Name
golang-1.10
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/golang-1.10?arch=src?distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.10.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / golang-1.10

Package

Name
golang-1.10
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/golang-1.10?arch=src?distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.10.4-2ubuntu1~16.04.1
1.10.4-2ubuntu1~16.04.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / golang-1.6

Package

Name
golang-1.6
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/golang-1.6?arch=src?distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.6-0ubuntu1
1.6-0ubuntu2
1.6-0ubuntu3
1.6-0ubuntu4
1.6-0ubuntu5
1.6.1-0ubuntu1
1.6.2-0ubuntu5~16.04
1.6.2-0ubuntu5~16.04.2
1.6.2-0ubuntu5~16.04.3
1.6.2-0ubuntu5~16.04.4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / golang-1.10

Package

Name
golang-1.10
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/golang-1.10?arch=src?distro=esm-infra/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.10~rc1-1
1.10~rc1-1ubuntu1
1.10~rc1-2ubuntu1
1.10~rc2-1ubuntu1
1.10-1ubuntu1
1.10.1-1ubuntu2
1.10.4-2ubuntu1~18.04.1
1.10.4-2ubuntu1~18.04.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / golang-1.8

Package

Name
golang-1.8
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/golang-1.8?arch=src?distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.8.3-2ubuntu1
1.8.3-2ubuntu1.18.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / golang-1.9

Package

Name
golang-1.9
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/golang-1.9?arch=src?distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.9.1-2ubuntu1
1.9.2-1ubuntu1
1.9.2-3ubuntu1
1.9.3-1ubuntu1
1.9.4-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}