Description
The Rust Programming Language rustdoc version Between 0.8 and 1.27.0 contains a CWE-427: Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in rustdoc plugins that can result in local code execution as a different user. This attack appear to be exploitable via using the --plugin flag without the --plugin-path flag. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.27.1.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
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References
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-11 ↗
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/rustlang-security-announcements/4ybxYLTtXuM ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00076.html ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00006.html ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00031.html ↗