CVE-2024-8244

NameCVE-2024-8244
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs1110945, 1110946

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
golang-1.15 (PTS)bullseye1.15.15-1~deb11u4vulnerable
golang-1.19 (PTS)bookworm1.19.8-2vulnerable
golang-1.23 (PTS)sid1.23.10-1vulnerable
golang-1.24 (PTS)forky, trixie1.24.4-1vulnerable
sid1.24.4-3vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
golang-1.15source(unstable)(unfixed)
golang-1.19source(unstable)(unfixed)
golang-1.23source(unstable)(unfixed)1110946
golang-1.24source(unstable)(unfixed)1110945

Notes

[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

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