Uncontrolled Search Path Element Affecting rust-analysis package, versions <1.36.0-4.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (47th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-RUSTANALYSIS-2728412
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed23 Oct 2019

Introduced: 23 Oct 2019

CVE-2018-1000622  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-427  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 rust-analysis to version 1.36.0-4.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rust-analysis package and not the rust-analysis package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 relevant fixed versions and status.

The Rust Programming Language rustdoc version Between 0.8 and 1.27.0 contains a CWE-427: Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in rustdoc plugins that can result in local code execution as a different user. This attack appear to be exploitable via using the --plugin flag without the --plugin-path flag. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.27.1.