{"id":"MGASA-2020-0002","summary":"Updated python-ecdsa packages fix security vulnerabilities","details":"Updated python-ecdsa packages fix security vulnerabilities:\n\nIt was discovered that python-ecdsa incorrectly handled certain signatures.\nA remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause python-ecdsa to\ngenerate unexpected exceptions, resulting in a denial of service\n(CVE-2019-14853).\n\nIt was discovered that python-ecdsa incorrectly verified DER encoding in\nsignatures. A remote attacker could use this issue to perform certain\nmalleability attacks (CVE-2019-14859).\n","modified":"2026-04-16T01:47:17.531437887Z","published":"2020-01-05T15:37:51Z","upstream":["CVE-2019-14853","CVE-2019-14859"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0002.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25729"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4196-1/"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"python-ecdsa","ecosystem":"Mageia:7","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/python-ecdsa?arch=source&distro=mageia-7"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.13.3-1.mga7"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0002.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}