pysec-2016-10
Vulnerability from pysec
Published
2016-01-13 15:59
Modified
2021-07-05 00:01
Details

The verify function in the RSA package for Python (Python-RSA) before 3.3 allows attackers to spoof signatures with a small public exponent via crafted signature padding, aka a BERserk attack.

Impacted products
Name purl
rsa pkg:pypi/rsa
Aliases


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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "rsa",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/rsa"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.3"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.1",
        "1.2",
        "1.3",
        "1.3.1",
        "1.3.2",
        "1.3.3",
        "2.0",
        "3.0",
        "3.0.1",
        "3.1",
        "3.1.1",
        "3.1.2",
        "3.1.3",
        "3.1.4",
        "3.2",
        "3.2.1",
        "3.2.2",
        "3.2.3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-1494"
  ],
  "details": "The verify function in the RSA package for Python (Python-RSA) before 3.3 allows attackers to spoof signatures with a small public exponent via crafted signature padding, aka a BERserk attack.",
  "id": "PYSEC-2016-10",
  "modified": "2021-07-05T00:01:25.929299Z",
  "published": "2016-01-13T15:59:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/05/3"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/05/1"
    },
    {
      "type": "ARTICLE",
      "url": "https://blog.filippo.io/bleichenbacher-06-signature-forgery-in-python-rsa/"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bitbucket.org/sybren/python-rsa/pull-requests/14/security-fix-bb06-attack-in-verify-by/diff"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175897.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175942.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00032.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79829"
    }
  ]
}


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