Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2020.0002
Category:	Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:	Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2020-0002)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'python-ecdsa' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2020-0002 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'python-ecdsa' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2020-0002 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Updated python-ecdsa packages fix security vulnerabilities: It was discovered that python-ecdsa incorrectly handled certain signatures. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause python-ecdsa to generate unexpected exceptions, resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2019-14853). It was discovered that python-ecdsa incorrectly verified DER encoding in signatures. A remote attacker could use this issue to perform certain malleability attacks (CVE-2019-14859). Affected Software/OS: 'python-ecdsa' package(s) on Mageia 7. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 6.4 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2019-14853 Bugtraq: 20191218 [SECURITY] [DSA 4588-1] python-ecdsa security update (Google Search) https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/33 Debian Security Information: DSA-4588 (Google Search) https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4588 https://github.com/warner/python-ecdsa/releases/tag/python-ecdsa-0.13.3 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2019-14859 https://github.com/warner/python-ecdsa/issues/114 https://pypi.org/project/ecdsa/0.13.3/
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