pyca cryptography 41.0.2 PKCS7 Certificate null pointer dereference

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in pyca cryptography. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component PKCS7 Certificate Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-49083. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in pyca cryptography. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component PKCS7 Certificate Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. As an impact it is known to affect availability.

The weakness was released 11/29/2023. The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-49083 since 11/21/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 209185 (Debian dla-3922 : python-cryptography-doc - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 41.0.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (209185) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2043). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Affected

  • IBM QRadar SIEM

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.8

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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CNA Base Score: 5.9
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Null pointer dereference
CWE: CWE-476 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 209185
Nessus Name: Debian dla-3922 : python-cryptography-doc - security update

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: cryptography 41.0.6
Patch: github.com

Timelineinfo

11/21/2023 🔍
11/29/2023 +8 days 🔍
11/29/2023 +0 days 🔍
09/12/2025 +653 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: f09c261ca10a31fe41b1262306db7f8f1da0e48a
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-49083 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-49083
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-246346
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-2043 - IBM QRadar SIEM: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 11/29/2023 06:57
Updated: 09/12/2025 14:14
Changes: 11/29/2023 06:57 (38), 12/20/2023 09:07 (3), 12/20/2023 09:08 (22), 09/05/2024 18:33 (17), 10/17/2024 20:22 (2), 09/12/2025 14:14 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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