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Improper Input Validation Affecting python-cryptography package, versions <1.5.3-1

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.58% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN13-PYTHONCRYPTOGRAPHY-5693315
  • published 27 Mar 2017
  • disclosed 27 Mar 2017
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Introduced: 27 Mar 2017

CVE-2016-9243 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-20 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 python-cryptography to version 1.5.3-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python-cryptography package and not the python-cryptography package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

HKDF in cryptography before 1.5.2 returns an empty byte-string if used with a length less than algorithm.digest_size.

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