GitHub Advisoryadvisory · crates.io
GHSA-458v-4hrf-g3m4 socket2 invalidly assumes the memory layout of std::net::SocketAddr
MEDIUM
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- 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
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35920 advisory
- https://github.com/deprecrated/net2-rs/issues/105 web
- https://github.com/rust-lang/socket2-rs/issues/119 web
- https://github.com/rust-lang/socket2-rs package
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0078.html web
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0079.html web