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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2009-050

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2009-050
Posted Feb 23, 2009
Authored by Mandriva | Site mandriva.com

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2009-050-1 - A vulnerability have been discovered and corrected in PyCrypto ARC2 module 2.0.1, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large ARC2 key length. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this. The previous update package was not signed.

tags | advisory, remote, denial of service, arbitrary
systems | linux, mandriva
advisories | CVE-2009-0544
SHA-256 | 618fc4a1e35de59495086bd8ccfa8b6f0c0d92c24e82a3883519f85085df6a5c

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2009-050

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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:050-1
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : python-pycrypto
Date : February 23, 2009
Affected: 2009.0
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Problem Description:

A vulnerability have been discovered and corrected in PyCrypto
ARC2 module 2.0.1, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial
of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large ARC2 key
length (CVE-2009-0544).

The updated packages have been patched to prevent this.

Update:

The previous update package was not signed.
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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0544
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Updated Packages:

Mandriva Linux 2009.0:
e50d00d0c1a180f214ba9ad5d712e4e4 2009.0/i586/python-pycrypto-2.0.1-4.2mdv2009.0.i586.rpm
610275bf3bcc33e324cc42ea1a1e0021 2009.0/SRPMS/python-pycrypto-2.0.1-4.2mdv2009.0.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2009.0/X86_64:
77071b620a3b193ddc50bcc7e60873be 2009.0/x86_64/python-pycrypto-2.0.1-4.2mdv2009.0.x86_64.rpm
610275bf3bcc33e324cc42ea1a1e0021 2009.0/SRPMS/python-pycrypto-2.0.1-4.2mdv2009.0.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/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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