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FreeBSD: VID-6a4805d5-5aaf-11eb-a21d-79f5bc5ef6a9 (CVE-2021-3115): go -- cmd/go: packages using cgo can cause arbitrary code execution at build time; crypto/elliptic: incorrect operations on the P-224 curve

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jan 19, 2021
Added
Jan 20, 2021
Modified
Jun 15, 2026

Description

Go before 1.14.14 and 1.15.x before 1.15.7 on Windows is vulnerable to Command Injection and remote code execution when using the "go get" command to fetch modules that make use of cgo (for example, cgo can execute a gcc program from an untrusted download).

Solution

freebsd-upgrade-package-go
Title
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