CVE-2015-4056

CVE-2015-4056 affects VCE Vision Intelligent Operations prior to 2.6.5, where the System Library uses a weak cryptographic scheme that can allow an authenticated administrator to access sensitive credentials. The issue is documented across multiple sources (NVD, CVE list, and Vulners security adv...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Python Crypto regression (USN-3199-2)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3199-2 advisory. USN-3199-1 fixed a vulnerability in the Python Cryptography Toolkit. Unfortunately, various programs depended on the original behavior of the Python...

USN-3199-2 Python Crypto regression

USN-3199-1 fixed a vulnerability in the Python Cryptography Toolkit. Unfortunately, various programs depended on the original behavior of the Python Cryptography Toolkit which was altered when fixing the vulnerability. This update retains the fix for the vulnerability but issues a warning rather...

USN-3199-2: Python Crypto regression

USN-3199-1 fixed a vulnerability in the Python Cryptography Toolkit. Unfortunately, various programs depended on the original behavior of the Python Cryptography Toolkit which was altered when fixing the vulnerability. This update retains the fix for the vulnerability but issues a warning rather...

The vulnerability of the ssh-agent agent in the OpenSSH encryption tool allows a hacker to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of the ssh-agent agent in the OpenSSH encryption tool is related to insufficient checking of modules loaded based on the PKCS11 encryption standard. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code...

CVE-2016-5919

IBM Security Access Manager for Web 7.0.0, 8.0.0, and 9.0.0 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM Reference : 1996868...

Heap overflow

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ALGnew function in blocktemplace.c in Python Cryptography Toolkit aka pycrypto allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code as demonstrated by a crafted iv parameter to cryptmsg.py...

PYSEC-2017-94

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ALGnew function in blocktemplace.c in Python Cryptography Toolkit aka pycrypto allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code as demonstrated by a crafted iv parameter to cryptmsg.py...

CVE-2013-7459

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ALGnew function in blocktemplace.c in Python Cryptography Toolkit aka pycrypto allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code as demonstrated by a crafted iv parameter to cryptmsg.py...

PYSEC-2017-94

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ALGnew function in blocktemplace.c in Python Cryptography Toolkit aka pycrypto allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code as demonstrated by a crafted iv parameter to cryptmsg.py...

CVE-2013-7459

CVE-2013-7459 is a heap-based buffer overflow in the ALGnew function of block_templace.c in Python Cryptography Toolkit (pycrypto). An attacker could trigger arbitrary code execution by supplying a crafted iv to cryptmsg.py. IBM and Amazon Linux advisories corroborate the vulnerability in pycrypt...

CVE-2013-7459

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ALGnew function in blocktemplace.c in Python Cryptography Toolkit aka pycrypto allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code as demonstrated by a crafted iv parameter to cryptmsg.py...

EMC RSA BSAFE Crypto-J Information Disclosure Vulnerability

EMC RSA BSAFE Crypto-J is a cryptographic toolkit from EMC Corporation that provides developers with the tools to add privacy and authentication capabilities to their applications. An information disclosure vulnerability exists in versions of EMC RSA BSAFE Crypto-J prior to 6.2.2. An attacker cou...

EMC RSA BSAFE Crypto-J Security Bypass Vulnerability

EMC RSA BSAFE Crypto-J is a cryptographic toolkit from EMC Corporation that provides developers with the tools to add privacy and authentication capabilities to their applications. A security bypass vulnerability exists in versions of EMC RSA BSAFE Crypto-J prior to 6.2.2. An attacker could explo...

[SECURITY] Fedora 25 Update: python-crypto-2.6.1-13.fc25

PyCrypto is a collection of both secure hash functions such as MD5 and SHA, and various encryption algorithms AES, DES, RSA, ElGamal, etc...

OpenJDK: incorrect ECDSA signature extraction from the DER input (Libraries, 8168714)

It was discovered that the Libraries component of OpenJDK accepted ECDSA signatures using non-canonical DER encoding. This could cause a Java application to accept signature in an incorrect format not accepted by other cryptographic tools...

Why WhatsApp's 'Backdoor' Isn't a Backdoor

Accusations that WhatsApp has a backdoor intended for eavesdropping on user messages is being loudly rebuked by Facebook-owned WhatsApp and Open Whisper Systems, the company that developed the underlying encryption technology for the platform. Dismissal of the published claims by The Guardian are...

Debian DLA-786-1 : botan1.10 security update

It was discovered that there was an integer overflow vulnerability in botan, a cryptography library. This could occur while parsing untrusted inputs such as X.509 certificates. For Debian 7 'Wheezy', this problem has been fixed in version 1.10.5-1+deb7u2. We recommend that you upgrade your...

[SECURITY] [DLA 786-1] botan1.10 security update

Package : botan1.10 Version : 1.10.5-1+deb7u2 CVE ID : CVE-2016-9132 It was discovered that there was an integer overflow vulnerability in botan, a cryptography library. This could occur while parsing untrusted inputs such as X.509 certificates. For Debian 7 "Wheezy", this problem has been fixed ...

WhatsApp Says 'Backdoor' Claim Bogus

Claims of a backdoor in WhatsApp that could be used for third-party snooping were shot down by WhatsApp, which called the allegations false. On Friday, news outlet The Guardian reported that a cryptography researcher had discovered a backdoor in WhatsApp’s messaging service that could “allow...