USN-4196-1: python-ecdsa vulnerabilities
python-ecdsa vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.10
- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in python-ecdsa.
Software Description
- python-ecdsa – ECDSA cryptographic signature library
Details
It was discovered that python-ecdsa incorrectly handled certain signatures.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause python-ecdsa to
generate unexpected exceptions, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2019-14853)
It was discovered that python-ecdsa incorrectly verified DER encoding in
signatures. A remote attacker could use this issue to perform certain
malleability attacks. (CVE-2019-14859)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 19.10
- python-ecdsa – 0.13.2-2ubuntu0.1
- python3-ecdsa – 0.13.2-2ubuntu0.1
- Ubuntu 19.04
- python-ecdsa – 0.13-3ubuntu0.1
- python3-ecdsa – 0.13-3ubuntu0.1
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- python-ecdsa – 0.13-2ubuntu0.18.04.1
- python3-ecdsa – 0.13-2ubuntu0.18.04.1
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- python-ecdsa – 0.13-2ubuntu0.16.04.1
- python3-ecdsa – 0.13-2ubuntu0.16.04.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
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