CVE-2021-38191 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in the tokio crate before 1.8.1 for Rust. Upon a JoinHandle::abort, a Task may be dropped in the wrong thread.

Published: 2021-08-08

Score: 5.9 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:tokio:tokio::::::rust::*
	cpe:2.3:a:tokio:tokio::::::rust::*
	cpe:2.3:a:tokio:tokio::::::rust::*
	cpe:2.3:a:tokio:tokio:1.8.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-1512	An issue was discovered in the tokio crate before 1.8.1 for Rust. Upon a JoinHandle::abort, a Task may be dropped in the wrong thread.
Github GHSA	GHSA-2grh-hm3w-w7hv	Race condition in tokio

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00836.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/tokio/RUSTSEC-2021-0072.md
https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0072.html

History

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Subscriptions

Tokio Tokio

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-08-08T05:09:27.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T01:37:16.274Z

Reserved: 2021-08-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-38191

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-08-08T06:15:08.967

Modified: 2026-06-17T04:01:43.753

Link: CVE-2021-38191

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-362
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

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