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CVE-2020-36471: Data races in generator

August 25, 2021

The Generator type is an iterable which uses a generator function that yields values. In affected versions of the crate, the provided function yielding values had no Send bounds despite the Generator itself implementing Send.

The generator function lacking a Send bound means that types that are dangerous to send across threads such as Rc could be sent as part of a generator, potentially leading to data races.

References

  • github.com/Xudong-Huang/generator-rs
  • github.com/Xudong-Huang/generator-rs/commit/f7d120a3b724d06a7b623d0a4306acf8f78cb4f0
  • github.com/Xudong-Huang/generator-rs/issues/27
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-w3g5-2848-2v8r
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36471
  • raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/generator/RUSTSEC-2020-0151.md
  • rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0151.html

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Affected versions

All versions before 0.7.0

Fixed versions

  • 0.7.0

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.7.0 or above.

Impact 5.9 MEDIUM

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Source file

cargo/generator/CVE-2020-36471.yml

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