Mageia 6: MGASA-2018-0407 Critical: Rust Buffer Overflow Fix
mageia
October 19, 2018
Updated rust packages fix security vulnerability The Rust Programming Language Standard Library before version 1.29.1 contains a CWE-680: Integer Overflow to Buffer Overflow vulne...
Summary
Updated rust packages fix security vulnerability
The Rust Programming Language Standard Library before version 1.29.1
contains a CWE-680: Integer Overflow to Buffer Overflow vulnerability
in the standard library that can result in buffer overflow. This attack
appear to be exploitable via str::repeat, passed a large number, can
overflow an internal buffer (CVE-2018-1000810).
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23701
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1000810
Topics Covered
Resolution
SRPMS
- 6/core/rust-1.28.0-1.2.mga6
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Publication date: 19 Oct 2018
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0407.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2018-1000810
Topics Covered
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