CVE-2020-35897: Data races in atom

August 25, 2021 (updated June 13, 2023)

The atom crate contains a security issue revolving around its implementation of the Send trait. It incorrectly allows any arbitrary type to be sent across threads potentially leading to use-after-free issues through memory races.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-9cg2-2j2h-59v9
github.com/slide-rs/atom
github.com/slide-rs/atom/issues/13
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35897
rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0044.html

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