CVE-2020-36446 Data races in signal-simple

High 8.1 Published Updated

Unconditional Send and Sync implementations in the signal-simple crate can lead to race conditions in concurrent Rust applications.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2020-36446?

CVE-2020-36446 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Aug 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered in the signal-simple crate through 2020-11-15 for Rust. There are unconditional implementations of Send and Sync for SyncChannel<T>.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-36446?

5 open source packages ship an affected version, including signal-simple. It affects 1 product.

PackageAffectedFixed in
signal-simple crates.ioAll versions to 0.1.1None
signal-simple crates.ioAll versions to 0.1.1None
signal-simple crates.ioAll versions to 0.1.1None
signal-simple crates.ioAll versions to 0.1.1None
signal-simple crates.ioFrom 0.0.0-0None

Products include Signal-Simple Project Signal-Simple.

How do I fix CVE-2020-36446?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-36446 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2020-36446 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-36446 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-36cg-4jff-5863, GHSA-8892-84wf-cg8f, RUSTSEC-2020-0126.

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