CentOS Linux 7 [TuxCare] Security Update: python / python-debug / python-devel / python-libs / python-test / etc (CENTOS7:CLSA-2023:1697464069)

The CentOS Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TuxCare CENTOS7:CLSA-2023:1697464069 advisory. - An issue was discovered in comparedigest in Lib/hmac.py in Python through 3.9.1. Constant-time-defeating optimisations were possible in the...

Unity Linux 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: python3 (UTSA-2023-002655)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2023-002655 advisory. An issue was discovered in comparedigest in Lib/hmac.py in Python through 3.9.1. Constant-time-defeating optimisations were possible in the accumulator variable in...

ROS-20240409-02

Vulnerability of the hmac.comparedigest function of the Lib/hmac.py library of the programming language interpreter Python is related to synchronization errors when using a shared resource "Race Situation". Exploitation of the vulnerability could allow an attacker acting remotely to escalate thei...

CVE-2022-48566

An issue was discovered in comparedigest in Lib/hmac.py in Python through 3.9.1. Constant-time-defeating optimisations were possible in the accumulator variable in hmac.comparedigest...

GlobaLeaks: GlobaLeaks is vulnerable to timing attacks.

Dear GlobaLeaks bug bounty team, GlobaLeaks is vulnerable to timing attacks, because the checkpassword function performs a byte-by-byte comparison, which terminates early when two characters do not match. Summary --- Timing attacks are a type of side channel attack where one can discover valuable...