Buffer overflow in Rust Programming Language - CVE-2019-12083

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

The Rust Programming Language Standard Library 1.34.x before 1.34.2 contains a stabilized method which, if overridden, can violate Rust's safety guarantees and cause memory unsafety. If the `Error::type_id` method is overridden then any type can be safely cast to any other type, causing memory safety vulnerabilities in safe code (e.g., out-of-bounds write or read). Code that does not manually implement Error::type_id is unaffected.

Affected software

How to mitigate CVE-2019-12083

External References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00076.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00006.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00031.html
• https://blog.rust-lang.org/2019/05/13/Security-advisory.html
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rustlang-security-announcements/aZabeCMUv70
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HG47HYH3AQTUMBUMX3S3G5DNAY4CBW6N/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K6T4BNA5KQYJRIKIGGBOGBMR7TRXPHLR/

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