Secunia Security Advisory - Fedora has issued an update for python-crypto. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
Fedora update for python-crypto
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA34040
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/34040/
DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for python-crypto. This fixes a
vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to
compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the
"block_init()" function in src/ARC2.c when processing key data. This
can be exploited to caused a buffer overflow by initializing ARC2
with a key longer than 128 bytes.
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update
python-crypto").
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2009-1680:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-February/msg00624.html
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