-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 _______________________________________________________________________ Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:050-1 http://www.mandriva.com/security/ _______________________________________________________________________ Package : python-pycrypto Date : February 23, 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. Update: The previous update package was not signed. _______________________________________________________________________ References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0544 _______________________________________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________________________________ 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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFJotS4mqjQ0CJFipgRApphAJ93bx8hHgq9sqP9Kif8yIf5dBB4jQCfTdF9 EGojZQaxyi5w7NSFtX29qFA= =IOaM -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----