advisory-db/crates/branca/RUSTSEC-2020-0075.md

[advisory]
id = "RUSTSEC-2020-0075"
package = "branca"
aliases = ["CVE-2020-35918"]
cvss = "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
date = "2020-11-29"
url = "https://github.com/return/branca/issues/24"
categories = ["denial-of-service"]
keywords = ["decoding", "panic", "untrusted data"]

[affected.functions]
"branca::decode" = ["< 0.10.0"]
"branca::Branca::decode" = ["< 0.10.0"]

[versions]
patched = [">= 0.10.0"]

Unexpected panic when decoding tokens

Prior to 0.10.0 it was possible to have both decoding functions panic unexpectedly, by supplying tokens with an incorrect base62 encoding.

The documentation stated that an error should have been reported instead.