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CVE-2013-7459: Buffer Overflow in pycrypto

December 14, 2018 (updated October 18, 2024)

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ALGnew function in block_templace.c in Python Cryptography Toolkit (aka pycrypto) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code as demonstrated by a crafted iv parameter to cryptmsg.py.

References

  • bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1409754
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-cq27-v7xp-c356
  • github.com/dlitz/pycrypto
  • github.com/dlitz/pycrypto/commit/8dbe0dc3eea5c689d4f76b37b93fe216cf1f00d4
  • github.com/dlitz/pycrypto/issues/176
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pycrypto/PYSEC-2017-94.yaml
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C6BWNADPLKDBBQBUT3P75W7HAJCE7M3B
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RJ37R2YLX56YZABFNAOWV4VTHTGYREAE
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-7459
  • security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-14

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Affected versions

All versions up to 2.6.1

Solution

Unfortunately, there is no solution available yet.

Impact 9.8 CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Source file

pypi/pycrypto/CVE-2013-7459.yml

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