Summary
The remote host is missing an update to pycrypto
announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:049.
Solution
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2009:049
Insight
A vulnerability have been discovered and corrected in PyCrypto ARC2 module 2.0.1, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large ARC2 key length (CVE-2009-0544).
The updated packages have been patched to prevent this.
Affected: 2008.0, 2008.1, 2009.0, Corporate 4.0
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-0544 -
CVSS Base Score: 10.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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