USN-6275-1

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    USN-6275-1

    Published: 3 Aug 2023Last Modified: 25 Jun 2026

    Summary: cargo, rust-cargo vulnerability

    Details: Addison Crump discovered that Cargo incorrectly set file permissions on UNIX-like systems when extracting crate archives. If the crate would contain files writable by any user, a local attacker could possibly use this issue to execute code as another user.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6275-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-38497

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: cargo

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/cargo?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fxenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.47.0-1~exp1ubuntu1~16.04.1+esm1

    Affected versions

    0.8.0-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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