WS-2023-0366 (Medium) detected in rustix-0.37.19.crate

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WS-2023-0366 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - rustix-0.37.19.crate

Safe Rust bindings to POSIX/Unix/Linux/Winsock2-like syscalls

Library home page: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/rustix/0.37.19/download

Path to dependency file: /Cargo.toml

Path to vulnerable library: /Cargo.toml

Dependency Hierarchy:

• criterion-0.5.1.crate (Root Library)
  • is-terminal-0.4.7.crate
    • ❌ rustix-0.37.19.crate (Vulnerable Library)

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

rustix's rustix::fs::Dir iterator with the linux_raw backend can cause memory explosion

Publish Date: 2023-10-18

URL: WS-2023-0366

CVSS 3 Score Details (6.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: Low
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: GHSA-c827-hfw6-qwvm

Release Date: 2023-10-18

Fix Resolution: rustix - 0.35.15,0.36.16,0.37.25,0.38.19

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[sunfishcode]

According to the checked-in Cargo.lock, homemaker depends on rustix through is-terminal, which does not use rustix::fs::Dir, so it is not affected by GHSA-c827-hfw6-qwvm.