CVSS3
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
AI Score
Confidence
High
CPython 3.9 and earlier doesn’t disallow configuring an empty list (“[]”) for SSLContext.set_npn_protocols() which is an invalid value for the underlying OpenSSL API. This results in a buffer over-read when NPN is used (see CVE-2024-5535 for OpenSSL). This vulnerability is of low severity due to NPN being not widely used and specifying an empty list likely being uncommon in-practice (typically a protocol name would be configured).
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/28/4
github.com/python/cpython/pull/23014
jbp.io/2024/06/27/cve-2024-5535-openssl-memory-safety.html
mail.python.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/PLP2JI3PJY33YG6P5BZYSSNU66HASXBQ/
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-5642
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5642