Vulnerability identifier: #VU67718
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID:
CWE-ID:
CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Network
Exploit availability: No
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.
Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versions
Cargo: 0.1.0 - 0.64.0
External links
http://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/security/advisories/GHSA-2hvr-h6gw-qrxp
http://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/commit/d1f9553c825f6d7481453be8d58d0e7f117988a7
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.