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RUSTSEC-2020-0006:
Rust vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
An issue was discovered in the bumpalo crate before version 3.2.1 for Rust programming language. The vulnerability, identified as RUSTSEC-2020-0006 and CVE-2020-35861, was related to the realloc feature which allowed unauthorized reading of unknown memory regions (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability received a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 7.5 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N. The issue was classified under CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read). The vulnerability specifically affected versions from 3.0.0 up to (excluding) 3.2.1 of the bumpalo crate (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability could potentially allow attackers to read cryptographic keys and other sensitive information from unknown memory regions (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should upgrade to bumpalo version 3.2.1 or later to address this vulnerability (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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