deprecrated/net2-rs · Security

`net2` invalidly assumes the memory layout of std::net::SocketAddr

GHSA ID
GHSA-c79c-gwph-gqfm
CVE ID
CVE-2020-35919
Severity
medium
Published
Updated
CVSS
5.5 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v3
5.5 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

The net2 crate has assumed std::net::SocketAddrV4 and std::net::SocketAddrV6 have the same memory layout as the system C representation sockaddr. It has simply casted the pointers to convert the socket addresses to the system representation. The standard library does not say anything about the memory layout, and this will cause invalid memory access if the standard library changes the implementation. No warnings or errors will be emitted once the change happens.

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