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SUSE: CVE-2016-1494: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-1494: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
01/13/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/02/2016
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-python-rsa

References

  • SUSE-SU-2016:0107-1
  • CVE-2016-1494

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