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Fedora 22: 2016-c845706426 Critical: Python-RSA Signature Forgery
fedora
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
Topics Covered
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 .
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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
Topics Covered
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