GHSA-cq27-v7xp-c356

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cq27-v7xp-c356
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2018/12/GHSA-cq27-v7xp-c356/GHSA-cq27-v7xp-c356.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-cq27-v7xp-c356
Aliases
Published
2018-12-14T18:51:38Z
Modified
2024-10-18T22:22:47.685071Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 9.3 (Critical) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
Buffer Overflow in pycrypto
Details

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ALGnew function in block_templace.c in Python Cryptography Toolkit (aka pycrypto) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code as demonstrated by a crafted iv parameter to cryptmsg.py.

Database specific
{
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-119"
    ],
    "severity": "CRITICAL",
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:32:15Z"
}
References

Affected packages

PyPI / pycrypto

Package

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Last affected
2.6.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.9a2
1.9a5
1.9a6

2.*

2.0
2.0.1
2.1.0
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.4.1
2.5
2.6
2.6.1