GitHub Advisoryadvisory · crates.io

GHSA-458v-4hrf-g3m4 socket2 invalidly assumes the memory layout of std::net::SocketAddr

MEDIUM Published 2021-08-25 Modified 2024-02-12 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2020-35920
Ecosystem
crates.io
Packages
socket2, net2
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-188
Reviewed
2021-08-19

Affected packages

• crates.io socket2: < 0.3.16 → fixed in 0.3.16 • crates.io net2: < 0.2.36 → fixed in 0.2.36

Description

The socket2 crate has assumed `std::net::SocketAddrV4` and `std::net::SocketAddrV6` have the same memory layout as the system C representation `sockaddr`. It has simply casted the pointers to convert the socket addresses to the system representation. The standard library does not say anything about the memory layout, and this will cause invalid memory access if the standard library changes the implementation. No warnings or errors will be emitted once the change happens.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2020-35920 An issue was discovered in the socket2 crate before 0.3.16 for Rust. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-188 Reliance on Data/Memory Layout weakness

References