Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: cargo / cargo-debuginfo / cargo-doc / clippy / clippy-debuginfo / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2021_1935)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 359403

Synopsis

The Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2021_1935 advisory.

* rust: use-after-free or double free in VecDeque::make_contiguous (CVE-2020-36318)

* rust: memory safety violation in String::retain() (CVE-2020-36317)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected packages based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2021_1935.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1935

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1949189

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1949192

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2021:1935

http://www.nessus.org/u?7a178a89

http://www.nessus.org/u?e3284766

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 359403

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2021_1935.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-36318

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/OS/extended-third-party, Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/18/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/11/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-36317, CVE-2020-36318