Out-of-Bounds Affecting rust-toolset:rhel8/rust-src package, versions <0:1.52.1-1.module+el8.4.0+11282+0729bac9


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-RUSTTOOLSET-4072728
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed10 Jan 2021

Introduced: 10 Jan 2021

CVE-2021-28875  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 rust-toolset:rhel8/rust-src to version 0:1.52.1-1.module+el8.4.0+11282+0729bac9 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:3063.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rust-toolset:rhel8/rust-src package and not the rust-toolset:rhel8/rust-src package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the standard library in Rust before 1.50.0, read_to_end() does not validate the return value from Read in an unsafe context. This bug could lead to a buffer overflow.

CVSS Scores

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