[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: python-cryptography-3.2.1-2.fc33
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2021-8e36e7ed1a
2021-02-12 01:40:32.524542
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Name : python-cryptography
Product : Fedora 33
Version : 3.2.1
Release : 2.fc33
URL : https://cryptography.io/en/latest/
Summary : PyCA's cryptography library
Description :
cryptography is a package designed to expose cryptographic primitives and
recipes to Python developers.
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Update Information:
Security fix for CVE-2020-36242 Fixed a bug where certain sequences of update()
calls when symmetrically encrypting very large payloads (>2GB) could result in
an integer overflow, leading to buffer overflows.
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ChangeLog:
* Mon Feb 8 2021 Christian Heimes <cheimes(a)redhat.com> - 3.2.1-2
- CVE-2020-36242: Fixed a bug where certain sequences of update() calls
when symmetrically encrypting very large payloads (>2GB) could result
in an integer overflow, leading to buffer overflows.
- Resolves: rhbz#1926227
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #1926226 - CVE-2020-36242 python-cryptography: certain sequences of update()
calls when symmetrically encrypting very large payloads could result in an integer
overflow and lead to buffer overflows
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1926226
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