msrc_cve-2020-36242
Vulnerability from csaf_microsoft
Published
2021-02-02 00:00
Modified
2021-02-10 00:00
Summary
In the cryptography package before 3.3.2 for Python certain sequences of update calls to symmetrically encrypt multi-GB values could result in an integer overflow and buffer overflow as demonstrated by the Fernet class.
Notes
Additional Resources
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Disclaimer
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