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Debian: CVE-2022-48566: pypy3, python2.7, python3.9 -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2022-48566: pypy3, python2.7, python3.9 -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/22/2023
Created
09/22/2023
Added
09/22/2023
Modified
07/03/2024

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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-pypy3
  • debian-upgrade-python2-7
  • debian-upgrade-python3-9

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