| Name | CVE-2024-8244 |
| Description | The filepath.Walk and filepath.WalkDir functions are documented as not following symbolic links, but both functions are susceptible to a TOCTOU (time of check/time of use) race condition where a portion of the path being walked is replaced with a symbolic link while the walk is in progress. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1110945, 1110946 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| golang-1.15 (PTS) | bullseye | 1.15.15-1~deb11u4 | vulnerable |
| golang-1.19 (PTS) | bookworm | 1.19.8-2 | vulnerable |
| golang-1.24 (PTS) | trixie | 1.24.4-1 | vulnerable |
| forky, sid | 1.24.9-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| golang-1.15 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | |||
| golang-1.19 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | |||
| golang-1.23 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | 1110946 | ||
| golang-1.24 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | 1110945 |
[trixie] - golang-1.24 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bookworm] - golang-1.19 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - golang-1.15 <postponed> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/golang/go/issues/70007