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CVE-2020-25659 (GCVE-0-2020-25659)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-01-11 15:37 – Updated: 2024-08-04 15:40
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Summary
python-cryptography 3.2 is vulnerable to Bleichenbacher timing attacks in the RSA decryption API, via timed processing of valid PKCS#1 v1.5 ciphertext.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a python-cryptography Affected: python-cryptography 3.2
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