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Red Hat: CVE-2020-28366: malicious symbol names can lead to code execution at build time (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2020-28366: malicious symbol names can lead to code execution at build time (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/18/2020
Created
12/22/2020
Added
12/21/2020
Modified
12/15/2023

Description

Code injection in the go command with cgo before Go 1.14.12 and Go 1.15.5 allows arbitrary code execution at build time via a malicious unquoted symbol name in a linked object file.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-delve
  • redhat-upgrade-delve-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-delve-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-go-toolset
  • redhat-upgrade-golang
  • redhat-upgrade-golang-bin
  • redhat-upgrade-golang-docs
  • redhat-upgrade-golang-misc
  • redhat-upgrade-golang-race
  • redhat-upgrade-golang-src
  • redhat-upgrade-golang-tests

References

  • CVE-2020-28366
  • RHSA-2020:5493

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