Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 2 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2022-36114 CVE-2022-36113 |
CWE-ID | CWE-400 CWE-61 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
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Vendor | The Rust Programming Language |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
EUVDB-ID: #VU67718
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-36114
CWE-ID:
CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when processing .zip files. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack, aka "zip bomb" attack.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsCargo: 0.1.0 - 0.64.0
External linkshttp://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/security/advisories/GHSA-2hvr-h6gw-qrxp
http://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/commit/d1f9553c825f6d7481453be8d58d0e7f117988a7
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU67717
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 3.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-36113
CWE-ID:
CWE-61 - UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to corrupt arbitrary files on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a symlink following issue. A remote attacker can add a malicious ".cargo-ok" symbolic link into the package, point the link to an arbitrary file on the system and corrupt it during package extraction.
Install updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsCargo: 0.1.0 - 0.64.0
External linkshttp://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/commit/97b80919e404b0768ea31ae329c3b4da54bed05a
http://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/security/advisories/GHSA-rfj2-q3h3-hm5j
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.