PT-2016-5778 · Google+1 · Go+1

Taru Karttunen · Published 2016-05-23 · Updated 2022-08-16 · CVE-2016-3958

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Go versions prior to 1.5.4 Go versions 1.6.x prior to 1.6.1

Description The issue is related to an untrusted search path vulnerability, allowing local users to gain privileges via a malicious DLL in the current working directory. This is due to the use of the LoadLibrary function on Windows.

Recommendations For Go versions prior to 1.5.4, update to version 1.5.4 or later. For Go versions 1.6.x prior to 1.6.1, update to version 1.6.1 or later.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1849

CVE-2016-3958

GO-2021-0163

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Go

References · 17

• https://go-review.googlesource.com/#/c/21428 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GO-2021-0163 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3958 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5386 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3959 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3958 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3958 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2016-1849 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/golang/go/issues/14959 · Note
• https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/9eqIHqaWvck · Note
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/golang-announce/9eqIHqaWvck · Note
• https://go.googlesource.com/go/+/6a0bb87bd0bf0fdf8ddbd35f77a75ebd412f61b0 · Note
• https://packages.altlinux.org/ru/vuln/CVE-2016-3958 · Note
• https://go.dev/cl/21428 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/05/2 · Note