Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions Affecting rh-python38-python-setuptools-wheel package, versions <0:41.6.0-8.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-RHPYTHON38PYTHONSETUPTOOLSWHEEL-6053171
  • published9 Nov 2023
  • disclosed8 Feb 2023

Introduced: 8 Feb 2023

CVE-2023-23931  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-754  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 rh-python38-python-setuptools-wheel to version 0:41.6.0-8.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:6793.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rh-python38-python-setuptools-wheel package and not the rh-python38-python-setuptools-wheel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

cryptography is a package designed to expose cryptographic primitives and recipes to Python developers. In affected versions Cipher.update_into would accept Python objects which implement the buffer protocol, but provide only immutable buffers. This would allow immutable objects (such as bytes) to be mutated, thus violating fundamental rules of Python and resulting in corrupted output. This now correctly raises an exception. This issue has been present since update_into was originally introduced in cryptography 1.8.

CVSS Scores

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