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CentOS 9 : rust-1.71.1-1.el9

high Nessus Plugin ID 191261

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update for cargo.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the rust-1.71.1-1.el9 build changelog.

 - 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 CentOS 9 Stream cargo package.

See Also

https://kojihub.stream.centos.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=36433

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 191261

File Name: centos9_rust-1_71_1-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/29/2024

Updated: 4/26/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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:centos:centos:rust-std-static-wasm32-unknown-unknown, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-debugger-common, cpe:/a:centos:centos:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rustfmt, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cargo, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-gdb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-toolset, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-std-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-lldb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:clippy, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-src, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-analyzer, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-std-static-wasm32-wasi

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/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