Standard Library up to 1.51.x on Rust __iterator_get_unchecked memory corruption

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A vulnerability has been found in Standard Library up to 1.51.x on Rust and classified as critical. Impacted is the function __iterator_get_unchecked. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2021-28878. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Standard Library up to 1.51.x on Rust (Software Library). This affects the function __iterator_get_unchecked. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was shared 04/12/2021. The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2021-28878. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

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 1.52.0 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 the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider 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
• 1.50
• 1.51

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