CVE-2016-1494

At a glance

Severity: Not available
EPSS: EPSS 7.05 % · percentile 94 (2026-10-27)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2016-01-13
Updated: 2024-08-05
Assigner: mitre
NVD status: Modified

Description

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.

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.0	MEDIUM 5.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 2.0	MEDIUM 5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

Advisories

GHSA-8rjr-6qq5-pj9p — Python RSA allows attackers to spoof signatures
PYSEC-2016-10 — 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 signatur

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2016-0032
GCVE · GCVE-0-2016-1494

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2022-AVI-267 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Juniper Networks Junos Space · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:a:python:rsa:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:* < 3.3
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Affected products

Product	Versions
	affected n/a

References

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD