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Fedora EPEL Update Notification
FEDORA-EPEL-2021-044df87bd4
2021-05-04 13:19:33.866070
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Name : rust
Product : Fedora EPEL 7
Version : 1.51.0
Release : 3.el7
URL :
https://www.rust-lang.org
Summary : The Rust Programming Language
Description :
Rust is a systems programming language that runs blazingly fast, prevents
segfaults, and guarantees thread safety.
This package includes the Rust compiler and documentation generator.
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Update Information:
Security fixes for CVE-2020-36323, CVE-2021-28876, CVE-2021-28878,
CVE-2021-28879, and CVE-2021-31162. These are memory safety bugs in the Rust
standard library. Because it is statically linked, affected applications will
need to be rebuilt to benefit from the fixes. The actual security implications
will depend on how these APIs are used in each particular case.
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ChangeLog:
* Fri Apr 16 2021 Josh Stone <jistone(a)redhat.com> - 1.51.0-3
- Security fixes for CVE-2020-36323, CVE-2021-31162
* Wed Apr 14 2021 Josh Stone <jistone(a)redhat.com> - 1.51.0-2
- Security fixes for CVE-2021-28876, CVE-2021-28878, CVE-2021-28879
- Fix bootstrap for stage0 rust 1.51
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #1949198 - CVE-2021-28876 rust: panic safety issue in Zip implementation
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1949198
[ 2 ] Bug #1949207 - CVE-2021-28878 rust: memory safety violation in Zip implementation
when next_back() and next() are used together
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1949207
[ 3 ] Bug #1949211 - CVE-2021-28879 rust: integer overflow in the Zip implementation can
lead to a buffer overflow
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1949211
[ 4 ] Bug #1950396 - CVE-2020-36323 rust: optimization for joining strings can cause
uninitialized bytes to be exposed
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1950396
[ 5 ] Bug #1950398 - CVE-2021-31162 rust: double free in Vec::from_iter function if
freeing the element panics
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1950398
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update programs. Use
su -c 'yum update rust' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "YUM", available at
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7\
/html/System_Administrators_Guide/ch-yum.html
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