#VU67718 Resource exhaustion in Cargo - CVE-2022-36114

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#VU67718 Resource exhaustion in Cargo - CVE-2022-36114

Published: September 28, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU67718
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-36114
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Cargo
Software vendor:
The Rust Programming Language

Description

The 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.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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