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CVE-2020-25016: Out of bounds access in rgb

August 25, 2021 (updated June 13, 2023)

Affected versions of rgb crate allow viewing and modifying data of any type T wrapped in RGB as bytes, and do not correctly constrain RGB and other wrapper structures to the types for which it is safe to do so.

Safety violation possible for a type wrapped in RGB and similar wrapper structures:

  • If T contains padding, viewing it as bytes may lead to exposure of contents of uninitialized memory.
  • If T contains a pointer, modifying it as bytes may lead to dereferencing of arbitrary pointers.
  • Any safety and/or validity invariants for T may be violated.

The issue was resolved by requiring all types wrapped in structures provided by RGB crate to implement an unsafe marker trait.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-g4rw-8m5q-6453
  • github.com/kornelski/rust-rgb
  • github.com/kornelski/rust-rgb/issues/35
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25016
  • rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0029.html

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 0.5.4 before 0.8.20

Fixed versions

  • 0.8.20

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.8.20 or above.

Impact 9.1 CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
  • CWE-843: Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')

Source file

cargo/rgb/CVE-2020-25016.yml

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