#VU30986 Information disclosure in Rust Programming Language - CVE-2019-1010299
Published: July 15, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU30986
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-1010299
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Rust Programming Language
Rust Programming Language
Software vendor:
Rust Team
Rust Team
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The Rust Programming Language Standard Library 1.18.0 and later is affected by: CWE-200: Information Exposure. The impact is: Contents of uninitialized memory could be printed to string or to log file. The component is: Debug trait implementation for std::collections::vec_deque::Iter. The attack vector is: The program needs to invoke debug printing for iterator over an empty VecDeque. The fixed version is: 1.30.0, nightly versions after commit b85e4cc8fadaabd41da5b9645c08c68b8f89908d.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.