Security update for rust

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:3357-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2018-1000622 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2018-1000622 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Development Tools Module 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for rust fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2018-1000622: rustdoc loads plugins from world writable directory allowing for arbitrary code execution This patch consists of requiring --plugin-path to be passed whenever --plugin is passed Note that rustdoc plugins will be removed entirely on 1.28.0 (bsc#1100691).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Development Tools Module 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-2018-2403=1

Package List:

  • Development Tools Module 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • rust-debugsource-1.24.1-3.6.1
    • rust-1.24.1-3.6.1
    • rust-std-1.24.1-3.6.1
    • rust-debuginfo-1.24.1-3.6.1

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