vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-36242: Integer Overflow or Wraparound
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P) | Feb 7, 2021 | Mar 21, 2024 | Jun 18, 2026 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 7, 2021
Added
Mar 21, 2024
Modified
Jun 18, 2026
Description
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.
Solution
alpine-linux-upgrade-py3-cryptography
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