Fedora 18 : python-crypto-2.6.1-1.fc18 (2013-19472)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 70643

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

In previous versions of PyCrypto, the Crypto.Random PRNG exhibits a race condition that may cause forked processes to generate identical sequences of 'random' numbers.

This release fixes the problem by resetting the rate-limiter when Crypto.Random.atfork() is invoked.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected python-crypto package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 70643

File Name: fedora_2013-19472.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 10/27/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:18, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:python-crypto

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/19/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1445

BID: 63201

FEDORA: 2013-19472

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