Standard Library up to 1.49.x on Rust read_to_end buffer overflow

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Standard Library up to 1.49.x on Rust. This affects the function read_to_end. The manipulation results in buffer overflow. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2021-28875. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Standard Library up to 1.49.x on Rust (Software Library). Affected is the function read_to_end. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 04/12/2021. The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2021-28875. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 236569 (Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0061: rust-toolset:rhel8 (ALINUX3-SA-2021:0061)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 1.50.0 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (236569). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• Software Library

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• Standard Library

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15
• 1.16
• 1.17
• 1.18
• 1.19
• 1.20
• 1.21
• 1.22
• 1.23
• 1.24
• 1.25
• 1.26
• 1.27
• 1.28
• 1.29
• 1.30
• 1.31
• 1.32
• 1.33
• 1.34
• 1.35
• 1.36
• 1.37
• 1.38
• 1.39
• 1.40
• 1.41
• 1.42
• 1.43
• 1.44
• 1.45
• 1.46
• 1.47
• 1.48
• 1.49

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