Uncontrolled Search Path Element The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package rustc (opens in a new tab)
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- published10 Sept 2020
- disclosed9 Jul 2018
Introduced: 9 Jul 2018
CVE-2018-1000622 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:19.04.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rustc package and not the rustc package as distributed by Ubuntu.
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.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-1000622
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rustlang-security-announcements/4ybxYLTtXuM
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-11
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00076.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00031.html
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/rustlang-security-announcements/4ybxYLTtXuM