UBUNTU-CVE-2013-7459

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-7459
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2013/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-7459.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-7459
Upstream
  • CVE-2013-7459
Downstream
Related
Published
2017-02-15T00:00:00Z
Modified
2026-02-04T02:51:41Z
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
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / python-crypto

Package

Name
python-crypto
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/python-crypto@2.6.1-4ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.6.1-4ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

2.*
2.6-5
2.6.1-2
2.6.1-2build1
2.6.1-3
2.6.1-4
2.6.1-4build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "python-crypto",
            "binary_version": "2.6.1-4ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-crypto",
            "binary_version": "2.6.1-4ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2013/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-7459.json"

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / python-crypto

Package

Name
python-crypto
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/python-crypto@2.6.1-6ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.6.1-6ubuntu0.16.04.1

Affected versions

2.*
2.6.1-5build1
2.6.1-6
2.6.1-6build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "python-crypto",
            "binary_version": "2.6.1-6ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-crypto",
            "binary_version": "2.6.1-6ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2013/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-7459.json"