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Data races in appendix

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Aug 25, 2021 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 1, 2023

Package

cargo appendix (Rust)

Affected versions

<= 0.2.0

Patched versions

None

Description

The appendix crate implements a key-value mapping data structure called
Index<K, V> that is stored on disk. The crate allows for any type to inhabit
the generic K and V type parameters and implements Send and Sync for them
unconditionally.

Using a type that is not marked as Send or Sync with Index can allow it
to be used across multiple threads leading to data races. Additionally using
reference types for the keys or values will lead to the segmentation faults
in the crate's code.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 8, 2021
Reviewed Aug 18, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Aug 25, 2021
Last updated Feb 1, 2023

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

0.101%
(43rd percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2020-36469

GHSA ID

GHSA-fvhr-7j8m-3cvc

Source code

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