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Debian LTS Advisory ([SECURITY] [DLA 1978-1] python-ecdsa security update)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

4 years ago

Modified

Modified

4 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update for the 'python-ecdsa' package(s) announced via the DSA-1978-1 advisory.

Insight

Insight

It was discovered that python-ecdsa, a cryptographic signature library for Python, did not correctly verify DER encoded signatures. Malformed signatures could lead to unexpected exceptions and in some cases did not raise any exception.

Affected Software

Affected Software

'python-ecdsa' package(s) on Debian Linux.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 0.11-1+deb8u1. We recommend that you upgrade your python-ecdsa packages.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)