Security update for rust

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:2439-1
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
  • CVE-2019-12083 ( NVD ): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2019-12083 ( NVD ): 8.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/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 two vulnerabilities and has two security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for rust fixes the following issues:

Rust was updated to version 1.36.0.

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2019-12083: a standard method can be overridden violating Rust's safety guarantees and causing memory unsafety (bsc#1134978)
  • CVE-2018-1000622: rustdoc loads plugins from world writable directory allowing for arbitrary code execution (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-15-2019-2439=1

Package List:

  • Development Tools Module 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • rust-gdb-1.36.0-3.21.1
    • clippy-1.36.0-3.21.1
    • rust-std-static-1.36.0-3.21.1
    • rust-1.36.0-3.21.1
    • rustfmt-1.36.0-3.21.1
    • rust-analysis-1.36.0-3.21.1
    • cargo-1.36.0-3.21.1
    • rls-1.36.0-3.21.1
  • Development Tools Module 15 (noarch)
    • rust-src-1.36.0-3.21.1

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