MGASA-2015-0458

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    MGASA-2015-0458

    Published: 26 Nov 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated python-m2crypto packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: A bug was found in pbkdf2 function of m2crypto package, such that when given a 74 byte result, a buffer overflow occurs leading to crash of the application (rhbz#1271165).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0458.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17179, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172083.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: python-m2crypto

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/python-m2crypto?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.22.5-1.mga5

    Affected versions

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