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mageiaGentoo FoundationMGASA-2021-0129
HistoryMar 12, 2021 - 4:25 a.m.

Updated python-cryptography package fixes a security vulnerability

2021-03-1204:25:47
Gentoo Foundation
advisories.mageia.org
41
python
cryptography
package
security
vulnerability
update
symmetric
encrypt
integer overflow
buffer overflow
cve-2020-36242
python 3.3.2
unix

CVSS2

6.4

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

CVSS3

9.1

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.008

Percentile

82.3%

In the cryptography package before 3.3.2 for Python, certain sequences of update calls to symmetrically encrypt multi-GB values could result in an integer overflow and buffer overflow (CVE-2020-36242).

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Mageia8noarchpython-cryptography< 3.3.1-1.1python-cryptography-3.3.1-1.1.mga8

CVSS2

6.4

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

CVSS3

9.1

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.008

Percentile

82.3%