MGASA-2018-0429

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    MGASA-2018-0429

    Published: 3 Nov 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-10903

    Summary: Updated python-cryptography packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: The python-cryptography and python-cryptography-vectors packages have been updated to version 2.3.1 and fixes the following security issue: The finalize_with_tag API did not enforce a minimum tag length. If a user did not validate the input length prior to passing it to finalize_with_tag an attacker could craft an invalid payload with a shortened tag (e.g. 1 byte) such that they would have a 1 in 256 chance of passing the MAC check. GCM tag forgeries can cause key leakage (CVE-2018-10903).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0429.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23339, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/VKC5JVSO26YBOAYNY4HDSDFREMO4DS67/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: python-cryptography

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/python-cryptography?arch=source&distro=mageia-6

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.3.1-1.mga6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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