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UBUNTU-CVE-2023-38497 (CVE-2023-38497)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2023-08-03 12:00 – Updated: 2026-04-22 07:45 – Source website

Details

Cargo downloads the Rust project’s dependencies and compiles the project. Cargo prior to version 0.72.2, bundled with Rust prior to version 1.71.1, did not respect the umask when extracting crate archives on UNIX-like systems. If the user downloaded a crate containing files writeable by any local user, another local user could exploit this to change the source code compiled and executed by the current user. To prevent existing cached extractions from being exploitable, the Cargo binary version 0.72.2 included in Rust 1.71.1 or later will purge caches generated by older Cargo versions automatically. As a workaround, configure one's system to prevent other local users from accessing the Cargo directory, usually located in ~/.cargo.

Severity

7.9 (High)


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

7.3 (High)


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

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-38497	REPORT
	https://github.com/alexcrichton/tar-rs/commit/1fd…	REPORT
	https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/security/advis…	REPORT
	https://github.com/rust-lang/wg-security-response…	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6275-1	ADVISORY
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-38497	REPORT

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CVE-2023-38497 (GCVE-0-2023-38497)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-04 15:51 – Updated: 2025-02-13 17:01

Title

Cargo not respecting umask when extracting crate archives

Summary

Severity

7.8 (High)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-10-08 18:02 UTC

CWE

CWE-278 - Insecure Preserved Inherited Permissions

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root Scorecard

References

8 references

URL	Tags
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https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/pull/12443	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/commit/d78bbf4…	x_refsource_MISC
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umask	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/rust-lang/wg-security-response…	x_refsource_MISC
https://www.rust-lang.org/policies/security	x_refsource_MISC
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
rust-lang	cargo	Affected: < 0.72.2
rust-lang	cargo	Affected: 0 , < 0.72.2 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo::::::rust::*

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        "advisory": "GHSA-j3xp-wfr4-hx87",
        "discovery": "UNKNOWN"
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      "title": "Cargo not respecting umask when extracting crate archives"
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    "datePublished": "2023-08-04T15:51:44.878Z",
    "dateReserved": "2023-07-18T16:28:12.076Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2025-02-13T17:01:51.522Z",
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USN-6275-1 (UBUNTU-CVE-2023-38497)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2023-08-03 14:30 – Updated: 2026-06-25 10:46 – Source website

Summary

cargo, rust-cargo vulnerability

Details

Addison Crump discovered that Cargo incorrectly set file permissions on UNIX-like systems when extracting crate archives. If the crate would contain files writable by any user, a local attacker could possibly use this issue to execute code as another user.

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6275-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-38497	REPORT

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