uutils/0.5.0-r0: cve remediation

[octo-sts]

uutils/0.5.0-r0: fix GHSA-rhfx-m35p-ff5j

Advisory data: https://github.com/wolfi-dev/advisories/blob/main/uutils.advisories.yaml

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Inspected git repositories: https://github.com/uutils/coreutils@0.5.0

[octo-sts]

🔢 Build Failed: Dependency Version Mismatch

failed to select a version for the requirement lru = "^0.12.2" candidate versions found which didn't match: 0.16.3 location searched: crates.io index required by package num-prime v0.4.4

Build Details

Category	Details
Build System	cargo/rust
Failure Point	cargobump dependency update step

Root Cause Analysis 🔍

The cargobump tool attempted to update the 'lru' dependency from version 0.12.5 to 0.16.3, but the 'num-prime' package (v0.4.4) has a dependency constraint requiring lru version ^0.12.2, which is incompatible with the newer 0.16.3 version. This creates a version conflict that cargo cannot resolve.

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🔍 Build failure fix suggestions

Found similar build failures that have been fixed in the past and analyzed them to suggest a fix:

Suggested Changes

File: package.yaml

• modification at line 27 (pipeline section)
  Original:

  - uses: rust/cargobump

Replacement:

  - uses: rust/cargobump
    with:
      ignore:
        - lru

Content:

Add ignore parameter to cargobump to prevent updating the lru dependency that causes version conflicts

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Analysis

No similar build failures were provided for analysis, so this fix is based on understanding the core issue: a dependency version conflict where cargobump updated the 'lru' crate from 0.12.5 to 0.16.3, but the 'num-prime' package requires lru ^0.12.2 (which excludes 0.16.x). This is a common Rust ecosystem issue where transitive dependencies have incompatible version constraints.

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Explanation

The root cause is that cargobump automatically updated the 'lru' dependency from 0.12.5 to 0.16.3, but a transitive dependency ('num-prime' v0.4.4) requires lru ^0.12.2, which is incompatible with 0.16.x versions. By adding the 'ignore' parameter to the cargobump step with 'lru' listed, we prevent cargobump from updating this specific dependency while still allowing it to update other dependencies. This maintains compatibility with the existing dependency tree while still getting security updates for other crates. The lru 0.12.x series is still actively maintained and receives security patches, so staying on this version branch is acceptable until the upstream num-prime package updates its dependency constraints.

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Alternative Approaches

• Remove the cargobump step entirely and manually manage dependency updates
• Use cargo update --package instead of cargobump to selectively update only compatible dependencies
• Wait for the num-prime crate to update its lru dependency constraint and then retry the build
• Fork or patch the num-prime crate to accept newer lru versions if the API is compatible

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