PT-2021-24444 · Socket2 · Socket2
Published
2021-08-25
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Updated
2021-08-25
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Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions:
socket2 (affected versions not specified)
Description:
The issue arises from the socket2 crate's assumption that
std::net::SocketAddrV4 and std::net::SocketAddrV6 have the same memory layout as the system C representation sockaddr. This assumption leads to a direct casting of pointers to convert socket addresses to the system representation. However, since the standard library does not guarantee a specific memory layout, any changes to the implementation could result in invalid memory access without warnings or errors.Recommendations:
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Access of Uninitialized Pointer
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Affected Products
Socket2