CVE-2017-15042
medium
CVSS v3
5.9
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.9
Description
Cleartext transmission of credentials in net/smtp
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
69%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | stdlib | >=1.9.0-0,<1.9.1 | 1.8.4 |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101197
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3463
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0878
- https://github.com/golang/go/issues/22134
- https://golang.org/cl/68023
- https://golang.org/cl/68210
- https://groups.google.com/d/msg/golang-dev/RinSE3EiJBI/kYL7zb07AgAJ
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-23
- https://go.dev/cl/68170
- https://go.googlesource.com/go/+/ec3b6131de8f9c9c25283260c95c616c74f6d790
- https://go.dev/issue/22134
- https://groups.google.com/g/golang-dev/c/RinSE3EiJBI/m/kYL7zb07AgAJ
CWEs
CWE-319
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.