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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2018-6574: Security patch for golang (ALAS-2018-975)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2018-6574: Security patch for golang (ALAS-2018-975)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/07/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/25/2018
Modified
10/14/2022

Description

Go before 1.8.7, Go 1.9.x before 1.9.4, and Go 1.10 pre-releases before Go 1.10rc2 allow "go get" remote command execution during source code build, by leveraging the gcc or clang plugin feature, because -fplugin= and -plugin= arguments were not blocked.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-golang

References

  • ALAS-2018-975
  • DSA-4380
  • CVE-2018-6574

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