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CVE-2021-45707

An issue was discovered in the nix crate 0.16.0 and later before 0.20.2, 0.21.x before 0.21.2, and 0.22.x before 0.22.2

An issue was discovered in the nix crate 0.16.0 and later before 0.20.2, 0.21.x before 0.21.2, and 0.22.x before 0.22.2 for Rust. unistd::getgrouplist has an out-of-bounds write if a user is in more than 16 /etc/groups groups.

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 0.00466
Schedule remediation
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write
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Affected Products & Versions

3
nix project nix>= 0.16.0 and < 0.20.2
nix project nix>= 0.21.0 and < 0.21.2
nix project nix>= 0.22.0 and < 0.22.2
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
crates.io nix MODERATE fixed in 0.20.2
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Scoring & Timeline

9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS v3.1 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD27 Dec 2021 · 12:15 AM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Vendor Advisories

1
msrcCVE-2021-45707
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References & Sources

3
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wgrg-5h56-jg27Third Party Advisory
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/nix/RUSTSEC-2021-0119.mdThird Party Advisory
https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0119.htmlIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
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