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rustsecRustsecRUSTSEC-2020-0068
HistoryNov 08, 2020 - 12:00 p.m.

Unexpected panic in multihash `from_slice` parsing code

2020-11-0812:00:00
rustsec.org
13
multihash
parsing
malformed input
documentation
networking code
rust-libp2p
dos
attackers
network client
security issue

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

50.2%

In versions prior 0.11.3 it’s possible to make from_slice panic by feeding it certain malformed input.
It’s never documented that from_slice (and from_bytes which wraps it) can panic, and its’ return type (Result<Self, DecodeError>) suggests otherwise.

In practice, from_slice/from_bytes is frequently used in networking code (for example in rust-libp2p) and is being called with unsanitized data from untrusted sources.
This can allow attackers to cause DoS by causing an unexpected panic in the network client’s code.

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

50.2%

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