#VU12160 Command injection in Go programming language - CVE-2017-15041

Vulnerability identifier: #VU12160

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 8.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15041

CWE-ID: CWE-77

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Go programming language
Universal components / Libraries / Scripting languages

Vendor: Google

Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.

The weakness exists due to "go get" command execution. Using custom domains, a remote attacker can arrange things so that example.com/pkg1 points to a Subversion repository but example.com/pkg1/pkg2 points to a Git repository. If the Subversion repository includes a Git checkout in its pkg2 directory and some other work is done to ensure the proper ordering of operations, "go get" can be tricked into reusing this Git checkout for the fetch of code from pkg2. If the Subversion repository's Git checkout has malicious commands in .git/hooks/, they will execute on the system running "go get."

Mitigation
Update to versions 1.8.4 or 1.9.1.

Vulnerable software versions

Go programming language: 1.8 - 1.8.3, 1.9

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External links
https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/68022

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.