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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:050
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : python-pycrypto
Date : February 20, 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.
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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:
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
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