rust-lang/rust 1.27.1

Rust 1.27.1

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Security Notes

• rustdoc would execute plugins in the /tmp/rustdoc/plugins directory when running, which enabled executing code as some other user on a given machine. This release fixes that vulnerability; you can read more about this on the blog. The associated CVE is CVE-2018-1000622.

  Thank you to Red Hat for responsibly disclosing this vulnerability to us.

Compatibility Notes

• The borrow checker was fixed to avoid an additional potential unsoundness when using match ergonomics: #51415, #49534.