UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16874

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UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16874

Summary:

Details: In Go before 1.10.6 and 1.11.x before 1.11.3, the "go get" command is vulnerable to directory traversal when executed with the import path of a malicious Go package which contains curly braces (both '{' and '}' characters). Specifically, it is only vulnerable in GOPATH mode, but not in module mode (the distinction is documented at https://golang.org/cmd/go/#hdr-Module_aware_go_get). The attacker can cause an arbitrary filesystem write, which can lead to code execution.

References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16874, https://groups.google.com/forum/?pli=1#!topic/golang-announce/Kw31K8G7Fi0, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16874