FKIE_CVE-2023-38497

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-08-04 16:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:10
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
Summary
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`.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UmaskNot Applicable
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/commit/d78bbf4bde3c6b95caca7512f537c6f9721426ffPatch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/pull/12443Mailing List, Patch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/security/advisories/GHSA-j3xp-wfr4-hx87Vendor Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/rust-lang/wg-security-response/tree/main/patches/CVE-2023-38497Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QGKE6PGM4HIQUHPJRBQAHMELINSGN4H4/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QMEXGUGPW5OBSQA6URTBNDSU3RAEFOZ4/
security-advisories@github.comhttps://www.rust-lang.org/policies/securityProduct
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UmaskNot Applicable
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/commit/d78bbf4bde3c6b95caca7512f537c6f9721426ffPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/pull/12443Mailing List, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/security/advisories/GHSA-j3xp-wfr4-hx87Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/rust-lang/wg-security-response/tree/main/patches/CVE-2023-38497Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QGKE6PGM4HIQUHPJRBQAHMELINSGN4H4/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QMEXGUGPW5OBSQA6URTBNDSU3RAEFOZ4/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.rust-lang.org/policies/securityProduct
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
rust-lang cargo *
fedoraproject fedora 38
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