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RUSTSEC-2025-0007: *ring* is unmaintained

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
rust
Domain
security

Research direction

Start by locating where the Rust dependency tree brings in ring 0.17.10 and inspect the available dependency metadata. Determine how the unmaintained package should be addressed, then verify that the project no longer relies on the affected version and that its existing checks pass.

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Description

ring is unmaintained

Details
Status unmaintained
Package ring
Version 0.17.10
URL https://github.com/briansmith/ring/discussions/2414
Date 2025-02-20

The author has announced an indefinite hiatus in its development, noting that
any reported security vulnerabilities may go unaddressed for prolonged periods
of time.

See advisory page for additional details.

Dominant language
Rust
Stars
37
Forks
11
Avg merge
1d 8h
Merged PRs (30d)
10

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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