Bug 1602752 - Possible tag truncation security bug in AEAD API
Summary: Possible tag truncation security bug in AEAD API
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: python-cryptography
Version: 28
Hardware: All
OS: All
unspecified
urgent
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jeremy Cline
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: 1602755
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Reported: 2018-07-18 12:24 UTC by Christian Heimes
Modified: 2018-07-31 17:10 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

Fixed In Version: python-cryptography-2.3-1.fc28 python-cryptography-2.3-1.fc27
Clone Of:
: 1602755 (view as bug list)
Environment:
Last Closed: 2018-07-22 03:03:54 UTC
Type: Bug
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Github /pyca cryptography pull 4342 0 None None None 2018-07-18 12:24:57 UTC

Description Christian Heimes 2018-07-18 12:24:57 UTC
Description of problem:
The finalize_with_tag API did not enforce a minimum tag length. If a user did not validate the input length prior to passing it to finalize_with_tag an attacker could craft an invalid payload with a shortened tag (e.g. 1 byte) such that they would have a 1 in 256 chance of passing the MAC check. GCM tag forgeries can cause key leakage.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
All versions between >=1.9.0 and <2.3
* python-cryptography-2.0.2-4.fc27
* python-cryptography-2.2.1-1.fc28
* python-cryptography-2.2.1-3.fc29

EL7 only contains python-cryptography-1.7.2-1.el7_4.1, so it's not affected.

How reproducible:
always

Additional info:
The issue was fixed by PR https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/pull/4342 and in upstream release 2.3 (released today). The security issue is already public knowledge.

Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2018-07-18 14:15:58 UTC
python-cryptography-2.3-1.fc28 python-cryptography-vectors-2.3-1.fc28 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 28. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-a9fe5e183e

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2018-07-18 14:16:07 UTC
python-cryptography-2.3-1.fc27 python-cryptography-vectors-2.3-1.fc27 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 27. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-06c24068c6

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2018-07-19 17:29:25 UTC
python-cryptography-2.3-1.fc27, python-cryptography-vectors-2.3-1.fc27 has been pushed to the Fedora 27 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-06c24068c6

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2018-07-19 20:20:40 UTC
python-cryptography-2.3-1.fc28, python-cryptography-vectors-2.3-1.fc28 has been pushed to the Fedora 28 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-a9fe5e183e

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2018-07-22 03:03:54 UTC
python-cryptography-2.3-1.fc28, python-cryptography-vectors-2.3-1.fc28 has been pushed to the Fedora 28 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2018-07-31 17:10:38 UTC
python-cryptography-2.3-1.fc27, python-cryptography-vectors-2.3-1.fc27 has been pushed to the Fedora 27 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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