Rust: Multiple Vulnerabilities — GLSA 202409-07

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Rust, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Affected packages

dev-lang/rust on all architectures
Affected versions < 1.71.1
Unaffected versions >= 1.71.1
dev-lang/rust-bin on all architectures
Affected versions < 1.71.1
Unaffected versions >= 1.71.1

Background

A systems programming language that runs blazingly fast, prevents segfaults, and guarantees thread safety.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Rust. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Rust binary users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/rust-bin-1.71.1"
 

All Rust users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/rust-1.71.1"
 

References

Release date
September 22, 2024

Latest revision
September 22, 2024: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

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