vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2013-7459: Security patch for python-crypto (ALAS-2017-801)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Feb 15, 2017 | Mar 7, 2017 | Oct 14, 2022 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Feb 15, 2017
Added
Mar 7, 2017
Modified
Oct 14, 2022
Description
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.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-python-crypto
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