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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2013-262

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2013-262
Posted Oct 28, 2013
Authored by Mandriva | Site mandriva.com

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2013-262 - In PyCrypto before v2.6.1, the Crypto.Random pseudo-random number generator exhibits a race condition that may cause it to generate the same 'random' output in multiple processes that are forked from each other. Depending on the application, this could reveal sensitive information or cryptographic keys to remote attackers.

tags | advisory, remote, cryptography
systems | linux, mandriva
advisories | CVE-2013-1445
SHA-256 | 5fc98e0d42f5fd76de60ac4145a29bc092240bcb14f6ed7ad75cba5b75bbecb6

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2013-262

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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2013:262
http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/
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Package : python-pycrypto
Date : October 28, 2013
Affected: Business Server 1.0
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Problem Description:

Updated python-pycrypto package fixes security vulnerability:

In PyCrypto before v2.6.1, the Crypto.Random pseudo-random number
generator (PRNG) exhibits a race condition that may cause it to
generate the same 'random' output in multiple processes that are
forked from each other. Depending on the application, this could
reveal sensitive information or cryptographic keys to remote attackers
(CVE-2013-1445).
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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1445
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0319.html
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Updated Packages:

Mandriva Business Server 1/X86_64:
9e1d85ee578d7784fe684789718b7a16 mbs1/x86_64/python-pycrypto-2.3-3.2.mbs1.x86_64.rpm
bb1eee393936c861ea88e56fe6cbe206 mbs1/SRPMS/python-pycrypto-2.3-3.2.mbs1.src.rpm
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To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the
GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/advisories/

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_(at)_mandriva.com
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
<security*mandriva.com>
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