SB2019100833 - Fedora 31 update for python-ecdsa
Published: October 8, 2019 Updated: April 25, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019100833
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-14853)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when decoding digital signatures. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data to the application that uses Pure-Python ECDSA module and perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.