-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 _______________________________________________________________________ Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:050 http://www.mandriva.com/security/ _______________________________________________________________________ Package : python-pycrypto Date : February 20, 2009 Affected: 2009.0 _______________________________________________________________________ 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. _______________________________________________________________________ References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0544 _______________________________________________________________________ Updated Packages: Mandriva Linux 2009.0: 408f60e091c28ab304bed71fd4fb31e6 2009.0/i586/python-pycrypto-2.0.1-4.1mdv2009.0.i586.rpm 469e8ca8ca83ab6a8e6a7a678fd2d197 2009.0/SRPMS/python-pycrypto-2.0.1-4.1mdv2009.0.src.rpm Mandriva Linux 2009.0/X86_64: b5ccb51f68d70b10f93aca1785e8b90d 2009.0/x86_64/python-pycrypto-2.0.1-4.1mdv2009.0.x86_64.rpm 469e8ca8ca83ab6a8e6a7a678fd2d197 2009.0/SRPMS/python-pycrypto-2.0.1-4.1mdv2009.0.src.rpm _______________________________________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________________________________ Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team <security*mandriva.com> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFJnxofmqjQ0CJFipgRAtxtAKCdwq2i23Z1ngaQ4OQTH0K9daxDKACdHayk 4RfwxbK2y7Q9xKJfzo/4xOQ= =6ODp -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
