<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="201803-03"> <title>Go: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title> <synopsis>A vulnerability in Go might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands during source code build. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">go</product> <announced>2018-03-07</announced> <revised count="1">2018-03-07</revised> <bug>647250</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="dev-lang/go" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">1.9.4</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">1.9.4</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>Go is an open source programming language that makes it easy to build simple, reliable, and efficient software. </p> </background> <description> <p>A command injection flaw was discovered in the source code build phase because of the “go get” command, which does not block -fplugin= and -plugin arguments. </p> </description> <impact type="high"> <p>A remote attacker could entice a user to process a repository containing maliciously-crafted build instructions using “go get”, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>All Go users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/go-1.9.4" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6574">CVE-2018-6574</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2018-03-06T19:46:03Z">chrisadr</metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2018-03-07T19:03:39Z">chrisadr</metadata> </glsa>