CVE-2020-35896: Insufficient size checks in ws

August 25, 2021

An issue was discovered in the ws crate through 2020-09-25 for Rust. The outgoing buffer is not properly limited, leading to a remote memory-consumption attack.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-rh7x-ppxx-p34c
github.com/housleyjk/ws-rs
github.com/housleyjk/ws-rs/issues/291
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35896
rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0043.html

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