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Security Advisories: MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLWNxMjctdjd4cC1jMzU2

Buffer Overflow in pycrypto

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ALGnew function in block_templace.c in Python Cryptography Toolkit (aka pycrypto) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code as demonstrated by a crafted iv parameter to cryptmsg.py.

Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cq27-v7xp-c356
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Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: Critical
Classification: General
Published: almost 6 years ago
Updated: about 2 months ago

CVSS Score: 9.8
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Identifiers: GHSA-cq27-v7xp-c356, CVE-2013-7459
References:

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-7459
• https://github.com/dlitz/pycrypto/issues/176
• https://github.com/dlitz/pycrypto/commit/8dbe0dc3eea5c689d4f76b37b93fe216cf1f00d4
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1409754
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cq27-v7xp-c356
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-14
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/27/8
• https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pycrypto/PYSEC-2017-94.yaml
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/C6BWNADPLKDBBQBUT3P75W7HAJCE7M3B
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/RJ37R2YLX56YZABFNAOWV4VTHTGYREAE

Repository: https://github.com/dlitz/pycrypto
Blast Radius: 43.9

Affected Packages