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Security Advisories: GSA_kwCzR0hTQS12OTM1LXBxbXItZzh2Oc0W1w
Unexpected panics in num-bigint
Impact
Two scenarios were reported where BigInt
and BigUint
multiplication may unexpectedly panic.
- The internal
mac3
function did not expect the possibility of non-empty all-zero inputs, leading to anunwrap()
panic. - A buffer was allocated with less capacity than needed for an intermediate result, leading to an assertion panic.
Rust panics can either cause stack unwinding or program abort, depending on the application configuration. In some settings, an unexpected panic may constitute a denial-of-service vulnerability.
Patches
Both problems were introduced in version 0.4.1, and are fixed in version 0.4.3.
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, please open an issue in the num-bigint repo.
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Guido Vranken and Arvid Norberg for privately reporting these issues to the author.
References Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v935-pqmr-g8v9
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Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: Moderate
Classification: General
Published: over 2 years ago
Updated: over 1 year ago
Identifiers: GHSA-v935-pqmr-g8v9
References:
- https://github.com/rust-num/num-bigint/security/advisories/GHSA-v935-pqmr-g8v9
- https://github.com/rust-num/num-bigint/pull/228
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v935-pqmr-g8v9
Blast Radius: 0.0
Affected Packages
cargo:num-bigint
Dependent packages: 923Dependent repositories: 20,513
Downloads: 107,745,036 total
Affected Version Ranges: >= 0.4.1, < 0.4.3
Fixed in: 0.4.3
All affected versions: 0.4.1, 0.4.2
All unaffected versions: 0.1.32, 0.1.33, 0.1.35, 0.1.36, 0.1.37, 0.1.38, 0.1.39, 0.1.40, 0.1.41, 0.1.42, 0.1.43, 0.1.44, 0.2.0, 0.2.1, 0.2.2, 0.2.3, 0.2.4, 0.2.5, 0.2.6, 0.3.0, 0.3.1, 0.3.2, 0.3.3, 0.4.0, 0.4.3, 0.4.4