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A vulnerability was found in Google Go up to 1.8.3/1.9.0 (Programming Language Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component SMTP. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
An unintended cleartext issue exists in Go before 1.8.4 and 1.9.x before 1.9.1. RFC 4954 requires that, during SMTP, the PLAIN auth scheme must only be used on network connections secured with TLS. The original implementation of smtp.PlainAuth in Go 1.0 enforced this requirement, and it was documented to do so. In 2013, upstream issue #5184, this was changed so that the server may decide whether PLAIN is acceptable. The result is that if you set up a man-in-the-middle SMTP server that doesn't advertise STARTTLS and does advertise that PLAIN auth is OK, the smtp.PlainAuth implementation sends the username and password.
The bug was discovered 10/05/2017. The weakness was shared 10/05/2017 (GitHub Repository). It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-15042 since 10/05/2017. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 103899 (Fedora 26 : golang (2017-6f1b90dbb7)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 276932 (Fedora Security Update for golang (FEDORA-2017-8f7bca960b)).
Upgrading to version 1.8.4 or 1.9.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (103899). The entry 107538 is related to this item.
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CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.6VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2
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Exploiting
Class: Information disclosureCWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 103899
Nessus Name: Fedora 26 : golang (2017-6f1b90dbb7)
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OpenVAS ID: 867773
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for golang FEDORA-2017-8f7bca960b
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Go 1.8.4/1.9.1
Timeline
10/04/2017 🔍10/05/2017 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: google.comAdvisory: FEDORA-2017-6f1b90dbb7
Researcher: Stevie Johnstone
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-15042 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 101197
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Entry
Created: 10/06/2017 10:10Updated: 12/30/2022 20:28
Changes: 10/06/2017 10:10 (76), 03/28/2020 14:12 (3), 01/15/2021 18:12 (5), 12/30/2022 20:22 (3), 12/30/2022 20:28 (1)
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