CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-49083

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Nov 29, 2023 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7.5 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

cryptography is a package designed to expose cryptographic primitives and recipes to Python developers. Calling load_pem_pkcs7_certificates or load_der_pkcs7_certificates could lead to a NULL-pointer dereference and segfault. Exploitation of this vulnerability poses a serious risk of Denial of Service (DoS) for any application attempting to deserialize a PKCS7 blob/certificate. The consequences extend to potential disruptions in system availability and stability. This vulnerability has been patched in version 41.0.6.

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Cryptography Cryptography.io 3.1 (including) 41.0.6 (excluding)
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8 RedHat automation-controller-0:4.5.5-2.el8ap *
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8 RedHat python3x-cryptography-0:42.0.5-1.el8ap *
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9 RedHat automation-controller-0:4.5.5-2.el9ap *
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9 RedHat python-cryptography-0:42.0.5-1.el9ap *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RedHat python3.11-cryptography-0:37.0.2-6.el8 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support RedHat python-cryptography-0:3.2.1-4.el8_4.1 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On RedHat python-cryptography-0:3.2.1-4.el8_4.1 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support RedHat python-cryptography-0:3.2.1-5.1.el8_6.1 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service RedHat python-cryptography-0:3.2.1-5.1.el8_6.1 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions RedHat python-cryptography-0:3.2.1-5.1.el8_6.1 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support RedHat python3.11-cryptography-0:37.0.2-5.el8_8.1 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service RedHat python-cryptography-0:3.2.1-6.el8_8 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions RedHat python-cryptography-0:3.2.1-6.el8_8 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 RedHat python3.11-cryptography-0:37.0.2-6.el9 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions RedHat python-cryptography-0:36.0.1-1.el9_0.1 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions RedHat python-cryptography-0:36.0.1-2.el9_2.1 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support RedHat python-cryptography-0:36.0.1-4.el9_4.1 *
RHUI 4 for RHEL 8 RedHat python-cryptography-0:41.0.6-1.el8ui *
Python-cryptography Ubuntu bionic *
Python-cryptography Ubuntu devel *
Python-cryptography Ubuntu jammy *
Python-cryptography Ubuntu lunar *
Python-cryptography Ubuntu mantic *
Python-cryptography Ubuntu trusty *
Python-cryptography Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

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