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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2023-49083

Change History

New CVE Received by NIST 11/29/2023 2:15:07 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added CVSS V3.1

								
							
							
						
GitHub, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Added CWE

								
							
							
						
GitHub, Inc. CWE-476
Added Description

								
							
							
						
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.
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/commit/f09c261ca10a31fe41b1262306db7f8f1da0e48a [No types assigned]
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/pull/9926 [No types assigned]
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/security/advisories/GHSA-jfhm-5ghh-2f97 [No types assigned]