- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-4588-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Sebastien Delafond December 17, 2019 https://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : python-ecdsa CVE ID : CVE-2019-14853 CVE-2019-14859 It was discovered that python-ecdsa, a cryptographic signature library for Python, incorrectly handled certain signatures. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause python-ecdsa to either not warn about incorrect signatures, or generate exceptions resulting in a denial-of-service. For the oldstable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 0.13-2+deb9u1. For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 0.13-3+deb10u1. We recommend that you upgrade your python-ecdsa packages. For the detailed security status of python-ecdsa please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/python-ecdsa Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/ Mailing list: [email protected]
Debian: DSA-4588-1: python-ecdsa security update
December 17, 2019
It was discovered that python-ecdsa, a cryptographic signature library for Python, incorrectly handled certain signatures
Summary
For the oldstable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed
in version 0.13-2+deb9u1.
For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in
version 0.13-3+deb10u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your python-ecdsa packages.
For the detailed security status of python-ecdsa please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/python-ecdsa
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: [email protected]
Severity
It was discovered that python-ecdsa, a cryptographic signature library
for Python, incorrectly handled certain signatures. A remote attacker
could use this issue to cause python-ecdsa to either not warn about
incorrect signatures, or generate exceptions resulting in a
denial-of-service.
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