CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2021-45707

An issue was discovered in the nix crate 0.16.0 and later before 0.20.2, 0.21.x before 0.21.2, and 0.22.x before 0.22.2 for Rust. unistd::getgrouplist has an out-of-bounds write if a user is in more than 16 /etc/groups groups.

7.5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

9.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0119.html Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/nix/RUSTSEC-2021-0119.md Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wgrg-5h56-jg27 Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:nix_project:nix:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nix_project:nix:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nix_project:nix:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
Information

Published : 2021-12-27 12:15

Updated : 2022-10-28 05:48

NVD link : CVE-2021-45707

Mitre link : CVE-2021-45707

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-787