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Gentoo GLSA 200903-11 Normal: PyCrypto Arbitrary Code Execution

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Calendar Grey March 9, 2009
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
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A buffer overflow in PyCrypto might lead to the execution of arbitrary code when decrypting using ARC2.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200903-11 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: PyCrypto: Execution of arbitrary code Date: March 09, 2009 Bugs: #258049 ID: 200903-11

Synopsis ======= A buffer overflow in PyCrypto might lead to the execution of arbitrary code when decrypting using ARC2.
Background ========= PyCrypto is the Python Cryptography Toolkit.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-python/pycrypto < 2.0.1-r8 >= 2.0.1-r8
========== Mike Wiacek of the Google Security Team reported a buffer overflow in the ARC2 module when processing a large ARC2 key length.
Impact ===== A remote attacker could entice a user or automated syst...

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