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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.131178
Category:Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2016-0011)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'python-rsa' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2016-0011 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'python-rsa' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2016-0011 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
A signature forgery vulnerability in python-rsa allows an attacker to fake
signatures for arbitrary messages for any key with a low exponent 'e',
such as the common value of 3 (CVE-2016-1494).

Affected Software/OS:
'python-rsa' package(s) on Mageia 5.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-1494
BugTraq ID: 79829
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79829
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175897.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175942.html
https://blog.filippo.io/bleichenbacher-06-signature-forgery-in-python-rsa/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/05/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/05/1
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:0108 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00032.html
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG

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