| Name | CVE-2021-3115 |
| 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). |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| golang (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2:1.3.3-1+deb8u5 | vulnerable |
| golang-1.11 (PTS) | buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 1.11.6-1+deb10u7 | vulnerable |
| golang-1.15 (PTS) | bullseye | 1.15.15-1~deb11u4 | fixed |
| golang-1.7 (PTS) | stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 1.7.4-2+deb9u5 | vulnerable |
| golang-1.8 (PTS) | stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 1.8.1-1+deb9u5 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[buster] - golang-1.11 <ignored> (Minor issue, only applies to inherently insecure setups)
[stretch] - golang-1.8 <ignored> (Minor issue, requires unsecure PATH and compiling a malicious dependency)
[stretch] - golang-1.7 <ignored> (Minor issue, requires unsecure PATH and compiling a malicious dependency)
https://github.com/golang/go/issues/43783
https://github.com/golang/go/commit/46e2e2e9d99925bbf724b12693c6d3e27a95d6a0 (master)
https://github.com/golang/go/commit/e8e7facfaa47bf21007c0a1c679debba52ec3ea0 (1.15.7)
Mainly an issue on Windows but as well for Unix users who have '.' listed
explicitly in PATH and running 'go get' outside of a module or with module
mode disabled.
[jessie] - golang <ignored> (Minor issue, requires unsecure PATH and compiling a malicious dependency)