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

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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.cg ... -2009-0544
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