Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-9243
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
NONE Summary
HKDF in cryptography before 1.5.2 returns an empty byte-string if used with a length less than algorithm.digest_size.
Vulnerable Configurations
Nessus
NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-3138-1.NASL description Markus Doring discovered that python-cryptography incorrectly handled certain HKDF lengths. This could result in python-cryptography returning an empty string instead of the expected derived key. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 95385 published 2016-11-29 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2016-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/95385 title Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 16.10 : python-cryptography vulnerability (USN-3138-1) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3138-1. The text # itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See # <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered # trademark of Canonical, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(95385); script_version("3.8"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/09/18 12:31:46"); script_cve_id("CVE-2016-9243"); script_xref(name:"USN", value:"3138-1"); script_name(english:"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 16.10 : python-cryptography vulnerability (USN-3138-1)"); script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for updated packages."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Markus Doring discovered that python-cryptography incorrectly handled certain HKDF lengths. This could result in python-cryptography returning an empty string instead of the expected derived key. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. 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NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2016-D3A2B640CE.NASL description Rebase to 1.5.3 to fix CVE-2016-9243 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2016-11-22 plugin id 95038 published 2016-11-22 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/95038 title Fedora 24 : python-cryptography / python-cryptography-vectors (2016-d3a2b640ce) NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_E5DCB942BA6F11E6B1CF14DAE9D210B8.NASL description Alex Gaynor reports : Fixed a bug where ``HKDF`` would return an empty byte-string if used with a ``length`` less than ``algorithm.digest_size``. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 95515 published 2016-12-05 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/95515 title FreeBSD : py-cryptography -- vulnerable HKDF key generation (e5dcb942-ba6f-11e6-b1cf-14dae9d210b8) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2016-2D90E27E50.NASL description Rebase to 1.5.3 to fix CVE-2016-9243 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2016-11-21 plugin id 94994 published 2016-11-21 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/94994 title Fedora 25 : python-cryptography / python-cryptography-vectors (2016-2d90e27e50) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2016-E77C8C1F3B.NASL description Rebase to 1.5.3 to fix CVE-2016-9243 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2016-11-21 plugin id 95017 published 2016-11-21 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/95017 title Fedora 23 : python-cryptography / python-cryptography-vectors (2016-e77c8c1f3b)
References
- https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/issues/3211
- https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/commit/b924696b2e8731f39696584d12cceeb3aeb2d874
- https://cryptography.io/en/latest/changelog
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3138-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94216
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/09/2
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U23KDR2M2N7W2ZSREG63BVW7D4VC6CIZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WQ5G7KHKZC4SI23JE7277KZXM57GEQKT/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5R2ZOBMPWDFFHUZ6QOZZY36A6H5CGJXL/