cve-2023-23931
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-02-07 20:54
Modified
2024-08-02 10:42
Severity ?
4.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Summary
Cipher.update_into can corrupt memory in pyca cryptography
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/pyca/cryptography/pull/8230/commits/94a50a9731f35405f0357fa5f3b177d46a726ab3Patch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/pyca/cryptography/security/advisories/GHSA-w7pp-m8wf-vj6rExploit, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/pull/8230/commits/94a50a9731f35405f0357fa5f3b177d46a726ab3Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/security/advisories/GHSA-w7pp-m8wf-vj6rExploit, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230324-0007/
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