UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1494

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1494
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1494.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1494
Upstream
Published
2016-01-13T15:59:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:34:00.260957Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / python-rsa

Package

Name
python-rsa
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/python-rsa@3.1.2-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.1.2-1ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

3.*

3.1.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "python-rsa",
            "binary_version": "3.1.2-1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-rsa",
            "binary_version": "3.1.2-1ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / python-rsa

Package

Name
python-rsa
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/python-rsa@3.2.3-1.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.2.3-1.1

Affected versions

3.*

3.1.4-1
3.2.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "python-rsa",
            "binary_version": "3.2.3-1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-rsa",
            "binary_version": "3.2.3-1.1"
        }
    ]
}