Fedora 22: python-rsa Security Update 2016-c845706426
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 .