Rust is a multi-paradigm, general-purpose programming language designed for performance and safety, especially safe concurrency. The Rust Security Response WG was notified that the `std::fs::remove_dir_all` standard library function is vulnerable a race condition enabling symlink following (CWE-363). An attacker could use this security issue to trick a privileged program into deleting files and directories the attacker couldn't otherwise access or delete. Rust 1.0.0 through Rust 1.58.0 is affected by this vulnerability with 1.58.1 containing a patch. Note that the following build targets don't have usable APIs to properly mitigate the attack, and are thus still vulnerable even with a patched toolchain: macOS before version 10.10 (Yosemite) and REDOX. We recommend everyone to update to Rust 1.58.1 as soon as possible, especially people developing programs expected to run in privileged contexts (including system daemons and setuid binaries), as those have the highest risk of being affected by this. Note that adding checks in your codebase before calling remove_dir_all will not mitigate the vulnerability, as they would also be vulnerable to race conditions like remove_dir_all itself. The existing mitigation is working as intended outside of race conditions.
A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.6.2, macOS Monterey 12.1, Security Update 2021-008 Catalina, iOS 15.2 and iPadOS 15.2, watchOS 8.3. A local user may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.
An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.1, iOS 15.2 and iPadOS 15.2, macOS Big Sur 11.6.2. Processing a maliciously crafted font may result in the disclosure of process memory.
A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.1, watchOS 8.3, iOS 15.2 and iPadOS 15.2, tvOS 15.2. An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to execute arbitrary code.
A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.6.2, tvOS 15.2, macOS Monterey 12.1, Security Update 2021-008 Catalina, iOS 15.2 and iPadOS 15.2, watchOS 8.3. A malicious application may be able to elevate privileges.
A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.1, iOS 15.2 and iPadOS 15.2. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
A S/MIME issue existed in the handling of encrypted email. This issue was addressed by not automatically loading some MIME parts. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.2 and iPadOS 15.2. An attacker may be able to recover plaintext contents of an S/MIME-encrypted e-mail.
A S/MIME issue existed in the handling of encrypted email. This issue was addressed with improved selection of the encryption certificate. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.2 and iPadOS 15.2. A sender's email address may be leaked when sending an S/MIME encrypted email using a certificate with more than one email address.
A permissions issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.2 and iPadOS 15.2, watchOS 8.3, macOS Monterey 12.1, tvOS 15.2. A malicious application may be able to read sensitive contact information.