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CVE-2022-48566

Public on 2023-08-22
Modified on 2024-02-27
Description

An issue was discovered in compare_digest in Lib/hmac.py in Python through 3.9.1. Constant-time-defeating optimisations were possible in the accumulator variable in hmac.compare_digest.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
5.9
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 - Core python 2024-01-03 21:04 ALAS2-2024-2400
Amazon Linux 2 - Python3.8 Extra python38 2023-08-21 21:00 ALAS2PYTHON3.8-2023-007

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD CVSSv3 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N