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Debian Security Advisory DSA 4379-1 (golang-1.7 - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
A vulnerability was discovered in the implementation of the P-521 and P-384 elliptic curves, which could result in denial of service and in some cases key recovery. In addition this update fixes a vulnerability in go get , which could result in the execution of arbitrary shell commands.
Affected Software
Affected Software
golang-1.7 on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.7.4-2+deb9u1. We recommend that you upgrade your golang-1.7 packages. For the detailed security status of golang-1.7 please refer to its security tracker page linked in the references.