Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0096: rust-toolset:rhel8 (ALINUX3-SA-2023:0096)

high Nessus Plugin ID 236119

Synopsis

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALINUX3-SA-2023:0096 advisory.

Package updates are available for Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

CVE-2023-38497:
Cargo downloads the Rust projects 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`.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Alibaba Cloud Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 236119

File Name: alinux3_sa_2023-0096.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Alibaba Cloud Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 5/14/2025

Updated: 5/14/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-38497

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:cargo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:rust-analyzer-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:rust-lldb, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:rust-analysis, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:rust-gdb, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:clippy, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:cargo-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:rust-src, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:rust-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:clippy-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:rust-doc, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:rust-std-static-wasm32-unknown-unknown, cpe:/o:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:rustfmt-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:rust-std-static-wasm32-wasi, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:rust-std-static, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:rust-debugger-common, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:rust, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:rust-toolset, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:rustfmt, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:rust-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:rust-analyzer

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Alibaba/release, Host/Alibaba/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/18/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/3/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-38497

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