Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting python3-requests package, versions <2.25.1-150100.6.13.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.54% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-PYTHON3REQUESTS-5913316
  • published21 Sept 2023
  • disclosed19 Sept 2023

Introduced: 19 Sep 2023

CVE-2020-36242  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 python3-requests to version 2.25.1-150100.6.13.3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python3-requests package and not the python3-requests package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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