Out-of-Bounds Affecting rustc package, versions <1.51.0+dfsg1+llvm-1~exp3ubuntu1~20.04.2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.4% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-RUSTC-1244918
  • published12 Aug 2023
  • disclosed11 Apr 2021

Introduced: 11 Apr 2021

CVE-2020-36317  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 rustc to version 1.51.0+dfsg1+llvm-1exp3ubuntu120.04.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rustc package and not the rustc package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the standard library in Rust before 1.49.0, String::retain() function has a panic safety problem. It allows creation of a non-UTF-8 Rust string when the provided closure panics. This bug could result in a memory safety violation when other string APIs assume that UTF-8 encoding is used on the same string.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1