[ MDVSA-2009:050-1 ] python-pycrypto

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 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory                       MDVSA-2009:050-1
 http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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 Package : python-pycrypto
 Date    : February 23, 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.

 Update:

 The previous update package was not signed.
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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:
 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
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