CVE-2016-1494 (GCVE-0-2016-1494)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-01-13 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 22:55
VLAI
Summary
The verify function in the RSA package for Python (Python-RSA) before 3.3 allows attackers to spoof signatures with a small public exponent via crafted signature padding, aka a BERserk attack.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 29/100 over 2267 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2016-01-04 00:00
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