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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2016-c845706426
2016-01-23 22:24:31.906836
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Name        : python-rsa
Product     : Fedora 22
Version     : 3.3
Release     : 2.fc22
URL         : http://stuvel.eu/rsa
Summary     : Pure-Python RSA implementation
Description :
Python-RSA is a pure-Python RSA implementation. It supports encryption
and decryption, signing and verifying signatures, and key generation
according to PKCS#1 version 1.5. It can be used as a Python library as
well as on the command-line.

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Update Information:

Fix for CVE-2016-1494
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1295871 - CVE-2016-1494 python-rsa: Signature forgery using Bleichenbacher'06 attack [epel-all]
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1295871
  [ 2 ] Bug #1295870 - CVE-2016-1494 python-rsa: Signature forgery using Bleichenbacher'06 attack [fedora-all]
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1295870
  [ 3 ] Bug #1298335 - python-rsa-3.2.3 is available
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1298335
  [ 4 ] Bug #1297222 - Old version with security issues, please approve ACL
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1297222
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use
su -c 'yum update python-rsa' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at .

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key.  More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/security/
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Fedora 22: python-rsa Security Update 2016-c845706426

January 24, 2016
Fix for CVE-2016-1494

Summary

Python-RSA is a pure-Python RSA implementation. It supports encryption

and decryption, signing and verifying signatures, and key generation

according to PKCS#1 version 1.5. It can be used as a Python library as

well as on the command-line.

Update Information:

Fix for CVE-2016-1494

Change Log

References

[ 1 ] Bug #1295871 - CVE-2016-1494 python-rsa: Signature forgery using Bleichenbacher'06 attack [epel-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1295871 [ 2 ] Bug #1295870 - CVE-2016-1494 python-rsa: Signature forgery using Bleichenbacher'06 attack [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1295870 [ 3 ] Bug #1298335 - python-rsa-3.2.3 is available https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1298335 [ 4 ] Bug #1297222 - Old version with security issues, please approve ACL https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1297222

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update python-rsa' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

Severity
Name : python-rsa
Product : Fedora 22
Version : 3.3
Release : 2.fc22
URL : http://stuvel.eu/rsa
Summary : Pure-Python RSA implementation

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