CVE-2009-0544

N/A Unknown

Published: February 12, 2009 Modified: April 23, 2026

Description

Buffer overflow in the PyCrypto ARC2 module 2.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large ARC2 key length.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://gitweb2.dlitz.net/?p=crypto/pycrypto-2.x.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=d1c4875e1f220652fe7ff8358f56dee3b2aba31b

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://gitweb2.dlitz.net/?p=crypto/pycrypto-2.x.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=fd73731dfad451a81056fbb01e09aa78ab82eb5d

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/34199

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/35065

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-11.xml

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:049

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:050

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/07/1

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/12/5

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33674

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48617

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://gitweb2.dlitz.net/?p=crypto/pycrypto-2.x.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=d1c4875e1f220652fe7ff8358f56dee3b2aba31b