Race Condition Affecting kekbit package, versions <0.3.4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.46% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RUST-KEKBIT-1295717
  • published20 May 2021
  • disclosed18 Dec 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 18 Dec 2020

CVE-2020-36449  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade kekbit to version 0.3.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Race Condition. It implements Send for ShmWriter<H> without requiring H: Send. This allows users to send H: !Send to other threads, which can potentially lead to data races and undefined behavior.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1