High severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 19, 2021· Updated Aug 4, 2024
Improper sanitization of delegated role names in tough
CVE-2021-41150
Description
Tough provides a set of Rust libraries and tools for using and generating the update framework (TUF) repositories. The tough library, prior to 0.12.0, does not properly sanitize delegated role names when caching a repository, or when loading a repository from the filesystem. When the repository is cached or loaded, files ending with the .json extension could be overwritten with role metadata anywhere on the system. A fix is available in version 0.12.0. No workarounds to this issue are known.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
toughcrates.io | < 0.12.0 | 0.12.0 |
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References
5- github.com/advisories/GHSA-r56q-vv3c-6g9cghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41150ghsaADVISORY
- github.com/awslabs/tough/commit/1809b9bd1106d78a51fbea3071aa97a3530bac9aghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- github.com/awslabs/tough/security/advisories/GHSA-r56q-vv3c-6g9cghsax_refsource_CONFIRMWEB
- github.com/theupdateframework/python-tuf/security/advisories/GHSA-wjw6-2cqr-j4qrghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
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