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Fedora EPEL Update Notification
FEDORA-EPEL-2017-8cb1dcd776
2017-02-03 17:53:13.325017
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Name : python-crypto
Product : Fedora EPEL 7
Version : 2.6.1
Release : 13.el7
URL :
http://www.pycrypto.org/
Summary : Cryptography library for Python
Description :
PyCrypto is a collection of both secure hash functions (such as MD5 and
SHA), and various encryption algorithms (AES, DES, RSA, ElGamal, etc.).
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Update Information:
A heap-buffer overflow vulnerability was discovered in pycrypto leading to
arbitrary code execution. All users of pycrypto's AES module that allow the mode
of operation to be specified by an attacker, check for ECB explicitly and create
the objects without specifying an IV are vulnerable to this issue. This is
CVE-2013-7459.
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #1409754 - CVE-2013-7459 pycrypto: Heap-buffer overflow in ALGobject
structure
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1409754
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update programs. Use
su -c 'yum update python-crypto' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "YUM", available at
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/...
All packages are signed with the Fedora EPEL GPG key. More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/keys
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