UBUNTU-CVE-2021-42574

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-42574
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-42574.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-42574
Related
Published
2021-11-01T04:15:00Z
Modified
2025-01-13T10:22:37Z
Severity
  • 8.3 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

* DISPUTED * An issue was discovered in the Bidirectional Algorithm in the Unicode Specification through 14.0. It permits the visual reordering of characters via control sequences, which can be used to craft source code that renders different logic than the logical ordering of tokens ingested by compilers and interpreters. Adversaries can leverage this to encode source code for compilers accepting Unicode such that targeted vulnerabilities are introduced invisibly to human reviewers. NOTE: the Unicode Consortium offers the following alternative approach to presenting this concern. An issue is noted in the nature of international text that can affect applications that implement support for The Unicode Standard and the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm (all versions). Due to text display behavior when text includes left-to-right and right-to-left characters, the visual order of tokens may be different from their logical order. Additionally, control characters needed to fully support the requirements of bidirectional text can further obfuscate the logical order of tokens. Unless mitigated, an adversary could craft source code such that the ordering of tokens perceived by human reviewers does not match what will be processed by a compiler/interpreter/etc. The Unicode Consortium has documented this class of vulnerability in its document, Unicode Technical Report #36, Unicode Security Considerations. The Unicode Consortium also provides guidance on mitigations for this class of issues in Unicode Technical Standard #39, Unicode Security Mechanisms, and in Unicode Standard Annex #31, Unicode Identifier and Pattern Syntax. Also, the BIDI specification allows applications to tailor the implementation in ways that can mitigate misleading visual reordering in program text; see HL4 in Unicode Standard Annex #9, Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / rustc

Package

Name
rustc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/rustc@1.57.0+dfsg1+llvm-0ubuntu1~20.04.1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.57.0+dfsg1+llvm-0ubuntu1~20.04.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.37.0+dfsg1+llvm-1ubuntu1
1.38.0+dfsg0.2+llvm-0ubuntu1
1.38.0+dfsg0.2+llvm-0ubuntu2
1.39.0+dfsg1+llvm-3ubuntu1
1.40.0+dfsg1+llvm-5ubuntu1
1.41.0+dfsg1+llvm-0ubuntu1
1.41.0+dfsg1+llvm-0ubuntu2
1.43.0+dfsg1+llvm-1~exp1ubuntu1~20.04.1
1.47.0+dfsg1+llvm-1ubuntu1~20.04.1
1.51.0+dfsg1+llvm-1~exp3ubuntu1~20.04.2
1.53.0+dfsg1+llvm-4ubuntu1~20.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

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    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.57.0+dfsg1+llvm-0ubuntu1~20.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libstd-rust-1.57"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.57.0+dfsg1+llvm-0ubuntu1~20.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libstd-rust-1.57-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.57.0+dfsg1+llvm-0ubuntu1~20.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libstd-rust-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.57.0+dfsg1+llvm-0ubuntu1~20.04.1",
            "binary_name": "rust-all"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.57.0+dfsg1+llvm-0ubuntu1~20.04.1",
            "binary_name": "rust-clippy"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.57.0+dfsg1+llvm-0ubuntu1~20.04.1",
            "binary_name": "rust-clippy-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.57.0+dfsg1+llvm-0ubuntu1~20.04.1",
            "binary_name": "rust-doc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.57.0+dfsg1+llvm-0ubuntu1~20.04.1",
            "binary_name": "rust-gdb"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.57.0+dfsg1+llvm-0ubuntu1~20.04.1",
            "binary_name": "rust-lldb"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.57.0+dfsg1+llvm-0ubuntu1~20.04.1",
            "binary_name": "rust-src"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.57.0+dfsg1+llvm-0ubuntu1~20.04.1",
            "binary_name": "rustc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.57.0+dfsg1+llvm-0ubuntu1~20.04.1",
            "binary_name": "rustc-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.57.0+dfsg1+llvm-0ubuntu1~20.04.1",
            "binary_name": "rustfmt"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.57.0+dfsg1+llvm-0ubuntu1~20.04.1",
            "binary_name": "rustfmt-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / rustc

Package

Name
rustc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/rustc@1.57.0+dfsg1+llvm-0ubuntu2?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.57.0+dfsg1+llvm-0ubuntu2

Affected versions

1.*

1.51.0+dfsg1+llvm-1~exp3ubuntu1
1.53.0+dfsg1+llvm-4ubuntu1
1.54.0+dfsg2+llvm-3ubuntu1
1.56.0+dfsg1+llvm-2ubuntu1
1.56.0+dfsg1+llvm-2ubuntu2
1.57.0+dfsg1+llvm-0ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

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    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.57.0+dfsg1+llvm-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "libstd-rust-1.57"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.57.0+dfsg1+llvm-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "libstd-rust-1.57-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.57.0+dfsg1+llvm-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "libstd-rust-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.57.0+dfsg1+llvm-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "rust-all"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.57.0+dfsg1+llvm-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "rust-clippy"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.57.0+dfsg1+llvm-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "rust-clippy-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.57.0+dfsg1+llvm-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "rust-doc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.57.0+dfsg1+llvm-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "rust-gdb"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.57.0+dfsg1+llvm-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "rust-lldb"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.57.0+dfsg1+llvm-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "rust-src"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.57.0+dfsg1+llvm-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "rustc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.57.0+dfsg1+llvm-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "rustc-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.57.0+dfsg1+llvm-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "rustfmt"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.57.0+dfsg1+llvm-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "rustfmt-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}