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AlmaLinux 8 : rust-toolset:rhel8 (ALSA-2023:4635)

high Nessus Plugin ID 179897

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2023:4635 advisory.

 - 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`. (CVE-2023-38497)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-4635.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 179897

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2023-4635.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 8/16/2023

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-38497

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rust-std-static-wasm32-wasi, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rust-src, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rust-std-static-wasm32-unknown-unknown, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rust-debugger-common, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:cargo, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:clippy, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rust-analysis, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rust-std-static, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rust-analyzer, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rust-gdb, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rust-doc, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rustfmt, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rust-toolset, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rust-lldb, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rust

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/14/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/4/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-38497

CWE: 276