CVE-2023-38497

Cargo downloads the Rust project’s dependencies and compiles the project. Cargo prior to version 0.72.2, bundled with Rust prior to version 1.71.1, did not respect the umask when extracting crate archives on UNIX-like systems. If the user downloaded a crate containing files writeable by any local user, another local user could exploit this to change the source code compiled and executed by the current user. To prevent existing cached extractions from being exploitable, the Cargo binary version 0.72.2 included in Rust 1.71.1 or later will purge caches generated by older Cargo versions automatically. As a workaround, configure one's system to prevent other local users from accessing the Cargo directory, usually located in `~/.cargo`.
References
Link Resource
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umask Not Applicable
https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/commit/d78bbf4bde3c6b95caca7512f537c6f9721426ff Patch
https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/pull/12443 Mailing List Patch
https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/security/advisories/GHSA-j3xp-wfr4-hx87 Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/rust-lang/wg-security-response/tree/main/patches/CVE-2023-38497 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QGKE6PGM4HIQUHPJRBQAHMELINSGN4H4/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QMEXGUGPW5OBSQA6URTBNDSU3RAEFOZ4/
https://www.rust-lang.org/policies/security Product
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umask Not Applicable
https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/commit/d78bbf4bde3c6b95caca7512f537c6f9721426ff Patch
https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/pull/12443 Mailing List Patch
https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/security/advisories/GHSA-j3xp-wfr4-hx87 Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/rust-lang/wg-security-response/tree/main/patches/CVE-2023-38497 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QGKE6PGM4HIQUHPJRBQAHMELINSGN4H4/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QMEXGUGPW5OBSQA6URTBNDSU3RAEFOZ4/
https://www.rust-lang.org/policies/security Product
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2023-08-04 16:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 08:13


NVD link : CVE-2023-38497

Mitre link : CVE-2023-38497

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-38497


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Products Affected

fedoraproject

  • fedora

rust-lang

  • cargo
CWE
CWE-278

Insecure Preserved Inherited Permissions

CWE-732

Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource