Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201601-24
=========================================
Severity: Medium
Date    : 2016-01-25
CVE-ID  : CVE-2016-1494
Package : python2-rsa
Type    : signature forgery
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE

Summary
======
The package python2-rsa before version 3.3-1 is vulnerable to signature
forgery.

Resolution
=========
Upgrade to 3.3-1.

# pacman -Syu "python2-rsa>=3.3-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 3.3.

Workaround
=========
None.

Description
==========
The verify function in the RSA package for Python (Python-RSA) before
3.3 allows attackers to spoof signatures with a small public exponent
via crafted signature padding, aka a BERserk attack.

Impact
=====
A remote attacker is able to spoof certain signatures via crafted
signature padding.

References
=========
https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2016-1494
https://words.filippo.io/bleichenbacher-06-signature-forgery-in-python-rsa/

ArchLinux: 201601-24: python2-rsa: signature forgery

January 25, 2016

Summary

The verify function in the RSA package for Python (Python-RSA) before 3.3 allows attackers to spoof signatures with a small public exponent via crafted signature padding, aka a BERserk attack.

Resolution

Upgrade to 3.3-1. # pacman -Syu "python2-rsa>=3.3-1"
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 3.3.

References

https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2016-1494 https://words.filippo.io/bleichenbacher-06-signature-forgery-in-python-rsa/

Severity
Package : python2-rsa
Type : signature forgery
Remote : Yes
Link : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE

Workaround

None.

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