CVE-2013-7459

Public on 2017-02-15
Modified on 2017-03-06
Description
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.
Severity
Important severity
Important
CVSS v3 Base Score
9.8
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 python-crypto 2017-03-06 ALAS-2017-801 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD CVSSv3 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H