Cargo downloads the Rust project’s dependencies and compiles the project. Cargo prior to version 0.72.2, bundled with Rust prior to version 1.71.1, did not respect the umask when extracting crate archives on UNIX-like systems. If the user downloaded a crate containing files writeable by any local user, another local user could exploit this to change the source code compiled and executed by the current user. To prevent existing cached extractions from being exploitable, the Cargo binary version 0.72.2 included in Rust 1.71.1 or later will purge caches generated by older Cargo versions automatically. As a workaround, configure one's system to prevent other local users from accessing the Cargo directory, usually located in `~/.cargo`.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2023-08-04T15:51:44.878Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T17:46:55.143Z

Reserved: 2023-07-18T16:28:12.076Z

Link: CVE-2023-38497

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-04T16:15:10.370

Modified: 2023-08-17T19:15:12.613

Link: CVE-2023-38497

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2023-08-03T12:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-38497 - Bugzilla