Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Cryptography package for Python affects IBM Process Mining CVE-2023-49083

Summary

There is a vulnerability in Cryptography package for Python that could allow an attacker to execute denial of service on the system. The code is used by IBM Process Mining. This bulletin identifies the security fixes to apply to address the vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-49083
**DESCRIPTION:**Cryptography package for Python is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer dereference when loading PKCS7 certificates. By deserializing a specially crafted PKCS7 blob/certificate, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/272510 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Any open source library may be included in one or more sub-components of IBM Process Mining. Open source updates are not always synchronized across all components. The CVE in this bulletin are specifically addressed by

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Workarounds and Mitigations

None known