Improper Input Validation Affecting rsa package, versions [,3.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
7.05% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-RSA-40377
  • published15 Dec 2015
  • disclosed15 Dec 2015
  • creditFilippo Valsorda

Introduced: 15 Dec 2015

CVE-2016-1494  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

Overview

rsa is a Pure-Python RSA implementation.

The verify function in the RSA package for Python (Python-RSA) before 3.3 allows attackers to spoof signatures with a small public exponent via crafted signature padding, aka a Berserk attack.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1