Integer Overflow or Wraparound 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
0.8% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-RUSTTOOLSET-4132015
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed5 Mar 2021

Introduced: 5 Mar 2021

CVE-2021-28879  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (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 1.52.0, the Zip implementation can report an incorrect size due to an integer overflow. This bug can lead to a buffer overflow when a consumed Zip iterator is used again.

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