Improper Input Validation Affecting rust-debugger-common package, versions <0:1.56.1-1.amzn2.0.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.66% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-RUSTDEBUGGERCOMMON-2950689
  • published15 Jul 2022
  • disclosed14 Apr 2021

Introduced: 14 Apr 2021

CVE-2020-36323  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 rust-debugger-common to version 0:1.56.1-1.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2022-1816.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rust-debugger-common package and not the rust-debugger-common package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the standard library in Rust before 1.52.0, there is an optimization for joining strings that can cause uninitialized bytes to be exposed (or the program to crash) if the borrowed string changes after its length is checked.

CVSS Scores

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