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WS-2018-0671
Published:August 10, 2022
Updated:October 07, 2026
Uninit memory is used as a RNG seed in temporary The following function is used as a way to get entropy from the system, which does operations on and exposes uninit memory, which is UB. This has been resolved in the 0.6.4 release. The crate is not intended to be used outside of a testing environment. For a general purpose crate to create temporary directories, ""tempfile"" (https://crates.io/crates/tempfile) is an alternative for this crate.
Affected Packages
temporary (RUST):
Affected version(s) >=0.3.0 <0.6.4
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 0.6.4
Related Resources (5)
https://github.com/stainless-steel/temporary/blob/6821517a6eea7a6074653c53c8ad5ad842a2cec1/src/lib.rs#L143-L146
https://crates.io/crates/temporary
https://github.com/stainless-steel/temporary
https://github.com/stainless-steel/temporary/issues/2
https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2018-0022.html
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH