GitHub Advisoryadvisory · crates.io
GHSA-875g-mfp6-g7f9 `serde` deserialization for `FamStructWrapper` lacks bound checks that could potentially lead to out-of-bounds memory access
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2023-50711
- Ecosystem
- crates.io
- Packages
- vmm-sys-util
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787
- Reviewed
- 2024-01-02
Affected packages
• crates.io vmm-sys-util: >= 0.5.0, < 0.12.0 → fixed in 0.12.0
Description
Impact
An issue was discovered in the FamStructWrapper::deserialize implementation provided by the crate for vmm_sys_util::fam::FamStructWrapper, which can lead to out of bounds memory accesses. The deserialization does not check that the length stored in the header matches the flexible array length. Mismatch in the lengths might allow out of bounds memory access through Rust-safe methods.
Impacted versions: >= 0.5.0
Patches
The issue was corrected in version 0.12.0 by inserting a check that verifies the lengths of compared flexible arrays are equal for any deserialized header and aborting deserialization otherwise. Moreover, the API was changed so that header length can only be modified through Rust-unsafe code. This ensures that users cannot trigger out-of-bounds memory access from Rust-safe code.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2023-50711 vmm-sys-util is a collection of modules that provides helpers and utilities used by multiple rust-vmm components. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness
References
- https://github.com/rust-vmm/vmm-sys-util/security/advisories/GHSA-875g-mfp6-g7f9 web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50711 advisory
- https://github.com/rust-vmm/vmm-sys-util/commit/30172fca2a8e0a38667d934ee56682247e13f167 web
- https://github.com/rust-vmm/vmm-sys-util package
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/W5XMCLV2P3ANS3XN4NXZTV4PUNTLWUNJ web
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2024-0002.html web