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Alpine Linux: CVE-2016-3958: go security issues

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2016-3958: go security issues

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/23/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/20/2017
Modified
04/05/2018

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Go before 1.5.4 and 1.6.x before 1.6.1 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, related to use of the LoadLibrary function.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-go

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