UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25575

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-25575
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25575.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25575
Upstream
Published
2020-09-14T19:15:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:46:19Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

An issue was discovered in the failure crate through 0.1.5 for Rust. It may introduce "compatibility hazards" in some applications, and has a type confusion flaw when downcasting. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. NOTE: This may overlap CVE-2019-25010

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS / rust-failure

Package

Name
rust-failure
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/rust-failure@0.1.5-1build1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.1.5-1build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "librust-failure+backtrace-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.1.5-1build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "librust-failure+default-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.1.5-1build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "librust-failure+derive-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.1.5-1build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "librust-failure+failure-derive-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.1.5-1build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "librust-failure+std-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.1.5-1build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "librust-failure-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.1.5-1build1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / rust-failure

Package

Name
rust-failure
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/rust-failure@0.1.7-1?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.1.7-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "librust-failure+backtrace-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.1.7-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "librust-failure+default-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.1.7-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "librust-failure+derive-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.1.7-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "librust-failure-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.1.7-1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / rust-failure

Package

Name
rust-failure
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/rust-failure@0.1.7-1?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.1.7-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "librust-failure+backtrace-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.1.7-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "librust-failure+default-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.1.7-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "librust-failure+derive-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.1.7-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "librust-failure-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.1.7-1"
        }
    ]
}