Name | CVE-2020-25658 |
Description | It was found that python-rsa is vulnerable to Bleichenbacher timing attacks. An attacker can use this flaw via the RSA decryption API to decrypt parts of the cipher text encrypted with RSA. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Debian Bugs | 974685 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
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python-rsa (PTS) | bullseye | 4.0-4 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 4.8-1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 4.9-2 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
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python-rsa | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | 974685 |
Notes
[bookworm] - python-rsa <postponed> (Minor issue, revisit when fixed upstream)
[bullseye] - python-rsa <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - python-rsa <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[stretch] - python-rsa <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/sybrenstuvel/python-rsa/issues/165
Presumed fix upstream in 4.7 does not address the issue:
https://github.com/sybrenstuvel/python-rsa/issues/165#issuecomment-727580521