Incorrect default permissions in Cargo - CVE-2023-38497

Vulnerability identifier: #VU78930

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-38497

CWE-ID: CWE-276

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to Cargo does not respect the umask when extracting crate archives on UNIX-like systems. A local user can change the source code compiled and executed by the current user.

Cargo
Oracle Solaris
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Server
Fedora
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Development Tools Module
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
openEuler
tar-rs
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
cargo (Ubuntu package)
librust-cargo+openssl-dev (Ubuntu package)
librust-cargo-dev (Ubuntu package)
rust (Red Hat package)
rust-src
cargo
rust-lldb
rust-gdb
rust-debugger-common
rustfmt
rust-toolset
rust-std-static-wasm32-wasi
rust-std-static-wasm32-unknown-unknown
rust-std-static
rust-doc
rust-analyzer
rust-analysis
rust
clippy
rust-toolset-1.66-rust (Red Hat package)
dev-lang/rust-bin
dev-lang/rust
cargo1.71
cargo1.71-debuginfo
rust1.71-debuginfo
rust1.71
rust1.71-test
rust-debuginfo
rust-debugsource
rust-help

Install updates from vendor's website.

Oracle Solaris - update to 11.4 SRU 71
tar-rs - update to 0.4.39
cargo (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
librust-cargo+openssl-dev (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
librust-cargo-dev (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
rust (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.58.1-1.el9_0.1, 1.66.1-2.el9_2
rust-src - addressed in versions 1.66.1-2, 1.71.1-2
cargo - addressed in versions 1.66.1-2, 1.71.1-2
rust-lldb - addressed in versions 1.66.1-2, 1.71.1-2
rust-gdb - addressed in versions 1.66.1-2, 1.71.1-2
rust-debugger-common - addressed in versions 1.66.1-2, 1.71.1-2
rustfmt - addressed in versions 1.66.1-2, 1.71.1-2
rust-toolset - addressed in versions 1.66.1-2, 1.71.1-2
rust-std-static-wasm32-wasi - addressed in versions 1.66.1-2, 1.71.1-2
rust-std-static-wasm32-unknown-unknown - addressed in versions 1.66.1-2, 1.71.1-2
rust-std-static - addressed in versions 1.66.1-2, 1.71.1-2
rust-doc - addressed in versions 1.66.1-2, 1.71.1-2
rust-analyzer - addressed in versions 1.66.1-2, 1.71.1-2
rust-analysis - update to 1.66.1-2
rust - addressed in versions 1.66.1-2, 1.71.1-2
clippy - addressed in versions 1.66.1-2, 1.71.1-2
rust-toolset-1.66-rust (Red Hat package) - update to 1.66.1-2.el7_9
rust - update to 1.68.2-1
dev-lang/rust-bin - update to 1.71.1
dev-lang/rust - update to 1.71.1
rust - addressed in versions 1.71.1-1.el7, 1.71.1-1.fc37, 1.71.1-1.fc38
cargo1.71 - update to 1.71.1-150400.9.6.1
cargo1.71-debuginfo - update to 1.71.1-150400.9.6.1
rust1.71-debuginfo - update to 1.71.1-150400.9.6.1
rust1.71 - update to 1.71.1-150400.9.6.1
rust1.71-test - update to 1.71.1-150400.9.6.1
rust-debugger-common - update to 1.76.0-1
rust - update to 1.76.0-1
cargo - update to 1.76.0-1
clippy - update to 1.76.0-1
rust-analyzer - update to 1.76.0-1
rust-debuginfo - update to 1.76.0-1
rust-debugsource - update to 1.76.0-1
rust-help - update to 1.76.0-1
rust-std-static - update to 1.76.0-1
rustfmt - update to 1.76.0-1
rust-gdb - update to 1.76.0-1
rust-lldb - update to 1.76.0-1
rust-src - update to 1.76.0-1

• Exploit #9226 - cargo-perm (Cargo exploit from CVE-2023-38497) (August 4, 2023)

• https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/security/advisories/GHSA-j3xp-wfr4-hx87
• https://github.com/rust-lang/wg-security-response/tree/main/patches/CVE-2023-38497

• Insecure permissions in Cargo
• tar-rs update for Cargo
• Ubuntu update for cargo
• SUSE update for rust1.71
• Red Hat Developer Tools update for rust-toolset-1.66-rust
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for rust
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for the rust-toolset:rhel8 module
• Fedora 38 update for rust
• Fedora 37 update for rust
• Fedora EPEL 7 update for rust
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support update for rust
• Red HatEnterprise Linux 8 update for the rust-toolset:rhel8 module
• Oracle Solaris update for thrid-party components
• Gentoo update for Rust
• Amazon Linux AMI update for rust
• openEuler 22.03 LTS SP4 update for rust
• openEuler 22.03 LTS SP3 update for rust
• Anolis OS update for rust-toolset:an8 module
• Anolis OS update for rust