PT-2021-16834 · Unknown · Cache Crate

Published 2021-01-01 · Updated 2021-08-25 · CVE-2021-25903

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions cache crate through 2021-01-01

Description An issue was discovered where a raw pointer is dereferenced. The affected versions of this crate dereference a raw pointer that can be modified without using unsafe code.

Recommendations For versions of the cache crate through 2021-01-01, consider using unsafe code to modify the raw pointer or refactor the code to avoid dereferencing the raw pointer directly. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-25903

GHSA-GH87-6JR3-8Q47

RUSTSEC-2021-0006

Affected Products

Cache Crate

References · 8

• 🔥 https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0006.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25903 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-gh87-6jr3-8q47 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/RUSTSEC-2021-0006 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-25903 · Vendor Advisory
• ❌ https://github.com/krl/cache/issues/2 · Note, Deleted
• ❌ https://github.com/krl/cache · Note, Deleted
• https://crates.io/crates/cache · Note