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CVE-2016-3958

Published: 23 May 2016

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Go before 1.5.4 and 1.6.x before 1.6.1 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, related to use of the LoadLibrary function.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
Packages built using golang need to be rebuilt once the
vulnerability has been fixed. This CVE entry does not
list packages that need rebuilding outside of the main
repository or the Ubuntu variants with PPA overlays.
sbeattie
windows only dll preload attack

Priority

Low

CVSS 3 base score: 7.8

Status

Package Release Status
golang
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream Needs triage

precise Not vulnerable
(windows only)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected [windows only])
wily Not vulnerable
(windows only)
golang-1.6
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream Needs triage

precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected [windows only])
wily Does not exist