MGASA-2019-0066

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    MGASA-2019-0066

    Published: 13 Feb 2019Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated golang packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: Remote code execution in go get, when executed with the -u flag (CVE-2018-16873). An arbitrary filesystem write in go get, which could lead to code execution (CVE-2018-16874). Denial of Service in the crypto/x509 package during certificate chain validation (CVE-2018-16875). Go before 1.11.5 mishandles P-521 and P-384 elliptic curves, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) or possibly conduct ECDH private key recovery attacks (CVE-2019-6486).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0066.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24014, https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2018-12/msg00094.html, https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4380

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: golang

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/golang?arch=source&distro=mageia-6

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.11.5-1.mga6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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