UNIX symbolic link following in Cargo - CVE-2022-36113

Vulnerability identifier: #VU67717

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-36113

CWE-ID: CWE-61

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The 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.

Cargo
Amazon Linux AMI
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Storage
Oracle Solaris
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
rust-src
rust-debugger-common
rustfmt
rust-std-static
rust-help
rust-debugsource
rust-debuginfo
rust-analysis
rls
clippy
cargo
rust
rust-lldb
rust-gdb
cargo1.62-debuginfo
rust1.62-debuginfo
rust1.62
cargo1.62

Install updates from vendor's website.

Cargo - update to 0.65.0
rust-src - addressed in versions 1.51.0-8, 1.60.0-4
rust-debugger-common - addressed in versions 1.51.0-8, 1.60.0-4
rustfmt - addressed in versions 1.51.0-8, 1.60.0-4
rust-std-static - addressed in versions 1.51.0-8, 1.60.0-4
rust-help - addressed in versions 1.51.0-8, 1.60.0-4
rust-debugsource - addressed in versions 1.51.0-8, 1.60.0-4
rust-debuginfo - addressed in versions 1.51.0-8, 1.60.0-4
rust-analysis - addressed in versions 1.51.0-8, 1.60.0-4
rls - addressed in versions 1.51.0-8, 1.60.0-4
clippy - addressed in versions 1.51.0-8, 1.60.0-4
cargo - addressed in versions 1.51.0-8, 1.60.0-4
rust - addressed in versions 1.51.0-8, 1.60.0-4
rust-lldb - addressed in versions 1.51.0-8, 1.60.0-4
rust-gdb - addressed in versions 1.51.0-8, 1.60.0-4
cargo1.62-debuginfo - update to 1.62.1-150300.7.7.1
rust1.62-debuginfo - update to 1.62.1-150300.7.7.1
rust1.62 - update to 1.62.1-150300.7.7.1
cargo1.62 - update to 1.62.1-150300.7.7.1
rust - update to 1.66.1-1

• https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/commit/97b80919e404b0768ea31ae329c3b4da54bed05a
• https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/security/advisories/GHSA-rfj2-q3h3-hm5j

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Cargo for Rust
• SUSE update for rust1.62
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle Solaris
• openEuler 22.03 LTS SP1 update for rust
• openEuler 20.03 LTS SP4 update for rust
• Amazon Linux AMI update for rust