OPENSUSE-SU-2019:2474-1

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2019-11-09 23:20 - Updated: 2026-09-20 18:59
Summary
Security update for python-ecdsa
Severity
Moderate
Notes
Title of the patch: Security update for python-ecdsa
Description of the patch: This update for python-ecdsa to version 0.13.3 fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2019-14853: Fixed unexpected exceptions during signature decoding (bsc#1153165). - CVE-2019-14859: Fixed a signature malleability caused by insufficient checks of DER encoding (bsc#1154217). This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.
Patchnames: openSUSE-2019-2474
Terms of use: CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).
CVE-2019-14853
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Unresolved product id: openSUSE Leap 15.1:python2-ecdsa-0:0.13.3-lp151.3.3.1.noarch —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: openSUSE Leap 15.1:python3-ecdsa-0:0.13.3-lp151.3.3.1.noarch —
Vendor Fix
Threats
Impact moderate
CVE-2019-14859
6.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
Affected products
Recommended 2 products, the same list as for CVE-2019-14853
Threats
Impact moderate
References
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