vulnerability
Gentoo Linux: CVE-2020-36242: cryptography: Multiple Vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P) | Feb 7, 2021 | Jul 3, 2024 | Mar 31, 2026 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 7, 2021
Added
Jul 3, 2024
Modified
Mar 31, 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
gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-python-cryptography
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