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Ubuntu 6.06 to 8.10 USN-729-1 Critical: Python Crypto DoS Risk

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Calendar Grey March 5, 2009
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The Ubuntu 729-1 Python Crypto vulnerability poses serious remote attack risks, potentially undermining cryptographic safeguards. Timely system updates are crucial for data protection
Mike Wiacek discovered that the ARC2 implementation in Python Cryptodid not correctly check the key length

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