Vulnerability CVE-2016-9243


Published: 2017-03-27

Description:
HKDF in cryptography before 1.5.2 returns an empty byte-string if used with a length less than algorithm.digest_size.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Fedoraproject -> Fedora 
Cryptography.io -> Cryptography 
Canonical -> Ubuntu linux 

 References:
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/09/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94216
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3138-1
https://cryptography.io/en/latest/changelog
https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/commit/b924696b2e8731f39696584d12cceeb3aeb2d874
https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/issues/3211
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5R2ZOBMPWDFFHUZ6QOZZY36A6H5CGJXL/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U23KDR2M2N7W2ZSREG63BVW7D4VC6CIZ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WQ5G7KHKZC4SI23JE7277KZXM57GEQKT/

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