Mageia 2020-0438: python-cryptography security update

Date 23 Nov 2020

Category Mageia Linux Distribution - Security Advisories

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Posted By LinuxSecurity Advisories

Hubert Kario discovered that python-cryptography incorrectly handled certain decryption. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information (CVE-2020-25659). References:

MGASA-2020-0438 - Updated python-cryptography packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 23 Nov 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0438.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2020-25659

Hubert Kario discovered that python-cryptography incorrectly handled certain
decryption. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive
information (CVE-2020-25659).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27567
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4613-1
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-25659

SRPMS:
- 7/core/python-cryptography-2.6.1-2.mga7