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A rust security update has been released for Fedora 34.



SECURITY: Fedora 34 Update: rust-1.58.1-1.fc34


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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2022-2c73789458
2022-01-25 01:02:31.955867
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Name : rust
Product : Fedora 34
Version : 1.58.1
Release : 1.fc34
URL :   https://www.rust-lang.org
Summary : The Rust Programming Language
Description :
Rust is a systems programming language that runs blazingly fast, prevents
segfaults, and guarantees thread safety.

This package includes the Rust compiler and documentation generator.

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Update Information:

Security fix for CVE-2022-21658, a TOCTOU race condition in
std::fs::remove_dir_all. Privileged programs should be rebuilt if they use this
function on paths that may be manipulated with lesser privileges. For more
details, see the upstream [security advisory](  https://blog.rust-
lang.org/2022/01/20/cve-2022-21658.html).
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ChangeLog:

* Thu Jan 20 2022 Josh Stone - 1.58.1-1
- Update to 1.58.1.
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References:

[ 1 ] Bug #2041504 - CVE-2022-21658 rust: Race condition in remove_dir_all leading to removal of files outside of the directory being removed
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2041504
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2022-2c73789458' at the command
line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
  http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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