A python-cryptography security, bug fix, and enhancement update has been released for AlmaLinux.

ALSA-2021:1608 Moderate: python-cryptography security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Type:
security

Severity:
moderate

Release date:
2021-05-18

Description
The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: python-cryptography (3.2.1). (BZ#1873581, BZ#1891947)
Security Fix(es):
* python-cryptography: bleichenbacher timing oracle attack against RSA decryption (CVE-2020-25659)
* python-cryptography: certain sequences of update() calls when symmetrically encrypting very large payloads could result in an integer overflow and lead to buffer overflows (CVE-2020-36242)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

References:
CVE-2020-25659
CVE-2020-36242

Updates packages:
python3-cryptography-3.2.1-4.el8.x86_64.rpm

Notes:
This page is generated automatically and has not been checked for errors. For clarification or corrections please contact the AlmaLinux Packaging Team.

  ALSA-2021:1608 Moderate: python-cryptography security, bug fix, and enhancement update